Dares verrucosus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Dares verrucosus is a species of stick insects. Like most other members of the genus Dares, the species is native to Borneo, more precisely in the north of the island. Both sexes have the typical habitus for the genus. For the 41 to 46 millimetres (1.6 to 1.8 in) long females this means that they have no spines and that the body surface is occupied by many tubercles. The coloring is mostly dominated by a rather light brown, more rarely by a darker shade of brown. Lighter and darker, blurred spots complement the coloring. The underside is colored light brown to beige. The antennae consist of 25 segments. Their basal segment (scapus) is flat and has one or two teeth on the outside. The abdomen is widest in the middle and increases in height in adult, egg-laying females, which makes the animals look very plump, especially from the side. The males remain smaller than the females at 32 to 38 millimetres (1.3 to 1.5 in) in length. They are usually light brown, more rarely medium brown. On the upper side of the thorax, more precisely on the meso- and metanotum, there are usually two almost black longitudinal stripes interrupted by spines and segment boundaries to form... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
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No species of the same family or order lives in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dares verrucosus sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 57 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May and November–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dares verrucosus in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in January, April, July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dares verrucosus sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, in our data
Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dares verrucosus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dares verrucosus is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (11 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.
