Dystacta alticeps
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Leaf Mantid sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 49 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Leaf Mantid in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and June–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Leaf Mantid sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brown Leaf Mantid sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Mantodea
The closest relatives of the Brown Leaf Mantid that you can see in Kruger National Park (order Mantodea, Mantises) are Zebra Mantis (about 10%), African Twig Mantis (about 10%) and European Mantis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Leaf Mantid is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (49 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.
