Chlorocysta suffusa
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Chlorocysta suffusa is a species, or species complex, of cicadas, also known as marbled bottle cicadas, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Chlorocystini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1907 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant. 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 Marbled Bottle Cicada sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 62nd most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled Bottle Cicada in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to 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.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marbled Bottle Cicada 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 Marbled Bottle Cicada sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Marbled Bottle Cicada that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Cicadidae, Typical Cicadas) are Dodd's Bunyip (about 20%), Green Fairy (about 20%) and Red Belly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Marbled Bottle Cicada is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (39 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.
