Parnkalla muelleri
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Parnkalla is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Sugarcane Cicada 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.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Sugarcane Cicada in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 380 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow Sugarcane Cicada sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow Sugarcane Cicada sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow Sugarcane 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Sugarcane Cicada 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.
