Red Belly

Red Belly

Gymnotympana varicolor

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

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

About the Red Belly

Gymnotympana varicolor is a species of cicada, also known as the red belly, 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 →

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 Red Belly in Daintree National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Belly sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 208th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Red Belly in Daintree National Park?

January

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red Belly in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to September, 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 Red Belly?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Belly sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 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 Red Belly?

Only Daintree National Park, in our data

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

Which relatives of the Red Belly live in Daintree National Park?

Same family: Cicadidae

The closest relatives of the Red Belly 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 Red Belly sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Red Belly is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (18 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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