Onchestus rentzi
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Onchestus rentzi is an Australian species of stick insect, commonly named the crowned stick insect, described in 2006. It lives in rainforests along the coast of Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is named after the Australian orthopterist David Rentz. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Crowned Stick Insect sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 68 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Crowned Stick Insect in Daintree National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and June, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Crowned Stick Insect sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 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 Crowned Stick Insect sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Phasmatidae
The closest relatives of the Crowned Stick Insect that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Phasmatidae) are Peppermint Stick Insect (about 60%), Strong Stick Insect (about 40%) and Spiny Leaf Insect (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Crowned Stick Insect is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (68 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.
