Arachnocampa otwayensis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Otway Glowworm sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 44th 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.
May and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Otway Glowworm in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Otway Glowworm 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 Great Otway National Park, in our data
Great Otway National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Otway Glowworm sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Otway Glowworm that you can see in Great Otway National Park (order Diptera, Flies) are Common Halfband (about 10%), Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito (about 10%) and Black Pasture Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Otway Glowworm is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (39 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.
