Delicate Stick Insect

Delicate Stick Insect

Sipyloidea caeca

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Daintree National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

10 Verified sightings at Daintree National Park From 2019 to 2026
10 In 1 park
January Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Delicate Stick Insect in Daintree National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Delicate Stick Insect sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 402nd most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Delicate Stick Insect in Daintree National Park?

January

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Delicate Stick Insect in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and July–August, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 380 mm of rain against 50 mm in September.

What time of day is best to see a Delicate Stick Insect?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Delicate Stick Insect sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Delicate Stick Insect?

Only Daintree National Park, in our data

Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Delicate Stick Insect sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Delicate Stick Insect live in Daintree National Park?

Same genus: Sipyloidea

The closest relatives of the Delicate Stick Insect that you can see in Daintree National Park (genus Sipyloidea) are Cyclone Larry Stick Insect (about 30%) and Rentz's Stick Insect (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Delicate Stick Insect sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Delicate Stick Insect is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (10 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.

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