Rentz's Treerunner Mantis

Rentz's Treerunner Mantis

Ciulfina rentzi

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Daintree National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

43 Verified sightings at Daintree National Park From 2019 to 2026
43 In 1 park
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Rentz's Treerunner Mantis

Ciulfina rentzi is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rentz's Treerunner Mantis in Daintree National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rentz's Treerunner Mantis sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 43 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th 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.

When is the best time to see a Rentz's Treerunner Mantis in Daintree National Park?

August and September

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rentz's Treerunner Mantis in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and June, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Rentz's Treerunner Mantis?

Between 1 and 4 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rentz's Treerunner Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Rentz's Treerunner Mantis?

Only Daintree National Park, in our data

Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rentz's Treerunner Mantis sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Rentz's Treerunner Mantis live in Daintree National Park?

Same family: Nanomantidae

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

Where does the Rentz's Treerunner Mantis sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rentz's Treerunner Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (43 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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