Northern Snake Mantis

Northern Snake Mantis

Kongobatha papua

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

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

5 Verified sightings at Daintree National Park From 2019 to 2026
5 In 1 park
April Best month
🌙 Nocturnal 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 Northern Snake Mantis in Daintree National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Snake Mantis sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 745th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Northern Snake Mantis in Daintree National Park?

April, July and September–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Snake Mantis in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August and December–March, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Northern Snake Mantis?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Snake Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a Northern Snake Mantis?

Only Daintree National Park, in our data

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

Which relatives of the Northern Snake Mantis live in Daintree National Park?

Same family: Nanomantidae

The closest relatives of the Northern Snake Mantis that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Nanomantidae) are Rentz's Treerunner Mantis (about 20%) and Netwinged Mantis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Northern Snake Mantis sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Northern Snake Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (5 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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