Glyphodes caesalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Glyphodes caesalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka, mainland India, Myanmar, the Andaman Islands, New Guinea, Bangladesh, Fiji, Hong Kong, Thailand and Australia (Queensland).
The larvae feed on a range of Moraceae including Artocarpus rigida, Ficus carica, Artocarpus elastica and Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is sometimes called the jackfruit shoot and fruit borer. The species was sometimes placed in the genus Diaphania which is however a genus with more species in the Neotropics and feeding mainly on host plants in the Cucurbitaceae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jack Fruit Borer sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 339th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Jack Fruit Borer in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 380 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jack Fruit Borer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen 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 Jack Fruit Borer sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Glyphodes
The closest relatives of the Jack Fruit Borer that you can see in Daintree National Park (genus Glyphodes) are Glyphodes canthusalis (about 20%), Glyphodes eurygania (about 10%) and Glyphodes doleschalii (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jack Fruit Borer is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (12 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.
