Cerococcus quercus
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Oak Wax Scale sighting in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, based on 74 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 190 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Oak Wax Scale in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oak Wax Scale sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Joshua Tree National Park, in our data
Joshua Tree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Oak Wax Scale sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Oak Wax Scale that you can see in Joshua Tree National Park (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Western Leaf-Footed Bug (about 20%), California Bordered Plant Bug (about 20%) and Cactus Coreid Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oak Wax Scale is recorded against all the insects logged in Joshua Tree National Park (74 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.
