Tacua speciosa
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Tacua speciosa is a very large Southeast Asian species of cicada. It is the only member of the genus Tacua (from Chinese: 大鼓; pinyin: dàgǔ; Wade–Giles: ta4ku3; lit. 'big drum') and is the type genus of the tribe Tacuini. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tacua speciosa sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 297 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.
April and June
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tacua speciosa in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tacua speciosa sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tacua speciosa sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Tacua speciosa that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Cicadidae, Typical Cicadas) are Dundubia vaginata (about 20%), Pomponia rajah (about 10%) and Terpnosia graecina (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tacua speciosa is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (29 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.
