Hemiandrus jacinda
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Hemiandrus jacinda is a species of wētā endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Steven A. Trewick in 2021. This species was named in honour of the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern. A relatively large glossy, wētā with long legs and striking orange-red colouring in adults. Hemiandrus jacinda is nocturnal and it is expected that individuals roost during the day in burrows as with other Hemiandrus ground wētā. There are few records so the abundance of this species is uncertain, but the geographic range extends from Far North to Taranaki.
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Biologically Sparse", "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "Population Fragmentation". Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hemiandrus jacinda sighting in Egmont National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 191 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.
February, April, September and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hemiandrus jacinda in Egmont National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hemiandrus jacinda sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Egmont National Park, in our data
Egmont National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hemiandrus jacinda sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hemiandrus jacinda is recorded against all the insects logged in Egmont National Park (12 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.
