Strong Stick Insect

Strong Stick Insect

Anchiale briareus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Daintree National Park

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

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

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~40%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Strong Stick Insect in Daintree National Park?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Strong Stick Insect sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 174 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Strong Stick Insect in Daintree National Park?

November

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Strong Stick Insect in Daintree National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 380 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Strong Stick Insect?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Strong Stick Insect sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 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 Strong Stick Insect?

Only Daintree National Park, in our data

Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Strong Stick Insect sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Strong Stick Insect live in Daintree National Park?

Same family: Phasmatidae

The closest relatives of the Strong Stick Insect that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Phasmatidae) are Peppermint Stick Insect (about 60%), Spiny Leaf Insect (about 30%) and Crowned Stick Insect (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Strong Stick Insect sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Strong Stick Insect is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (174 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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