Rare Bladder Cicada

Rare Bladder Cicada

Cystopsaltria immaculata

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

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

6 Verified sightings at Daintree National Park From 2019 to 2026
6 In 1 park
November Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Rare Bladder Cicada

Cystopsaltria is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, subfamily Cicadettinae and tribe Chlorocystini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt. Wikipedia →

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 Rare Bladder Cicada in Daintree National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rare Bladder Cicada sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 653rd 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rare Bladder Cicada in Daintree National Park?

April–June, August and November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rare Bladder Cicada in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, September–October and December–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Rare Bladder Cicada?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rare Bladder Cicada 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.

Where else can you see a Rare Bladder Cicada?

Only Daintree National Park, in our data

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

Which relatives of the Rare Bladder Cicada live in Daintree National Park?

Same family: Cicadidae

The closest relatives of the Rare Bladder Cicada that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Cicadidae, Typical Cicadas) are Dodd's Bunyip (about 20%), Marbled Bottle Cicada (about 20%) and Green Fairy (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Rare Bladder Cicada sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rare Bladder Cicada is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (6 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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