Batocera frenchi
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Batocera frenchi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Van de Poll in 1886. It is known from Australia. Batocera frenchi is one of the species which caused the cane toad to be brought into Australia in June 1935. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Batocera frenchi sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 74th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Batocera frenchi in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 380 mm of rain against 50 mm in September.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Batocera frenchi sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Batocera frenchi sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Batocera frenchi that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Pelargoderus rubropunctatus (about 20%), Acalolepta aesthetica (about 10%) and Tmesisternus monticola (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Batocera frenchi is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (33 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
