Paropsisterna agricola
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Paropsisterna agricola, or southern eucalyptus leaf beetle, is a small hemispherical leaf beetle. They can vary from golden to grey. They have some black markings on the pronotum. The epipleura (skirt) is sometimes red. This species has the ability to increase population very rapidly and can become a commercial pest to the timber industry attacking plantation forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Paropsisterna agricola sighting in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 44th most-seen of the 105 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Paropsisterna agricola in Kosciuszko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Paropsisterna agricola 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 Kosciuszko National Park, in our data
Kosciuszko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Paropsisterna agricola sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Paropsisterna agricola is recorded against all the insects logged in Kosciuszko National Park (13 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.
