Megapomponia merula
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Megapomponia merula sighting in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 102 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Megapomponia merula in Danum Valley Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in April and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Danum Valley Conservation Area's driest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 290 mm in May.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Megapomponia merula sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Danum Valley Conservation Area, in our data
Danum Valley Conservation Area is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Megapomponia merula sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Megapomponia merula that you can see in Danum Valley Conservation Area (family Cicadidae, Typical Cicadas) are Orientopsaltria phaeophila (about 20%) and Champaka spinosa (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Megapomponia merula is recorded against all the insects logged in Danum Valley Conservation Area (21 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.
