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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Back Weevil sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 418 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.
January to March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Back Weevil in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to October, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Broad-Back Weevil sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Broad-Back Weevil sightings, Great Otway National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 30%).
Same family: Curculionidae
The closest relatives of the Broad-Back Weevil that you can see in Great Otway National Park (family Curculionidae, True Weevils) are Nodding Thistle Receptacle Weevil (about 10%), Psapharus ruficornis (about 10%) and Poropterus conifer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Broad-Back Weevil is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (31 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.
