Cryptacrus comes
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bandit Shieldbug sighting in Nairobi National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 34 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.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Bandit Shieldbug in Nairobi National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April and June–September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bandit Shieldbug sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Nairobi National Park, in our data
Nairobi National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bandit Shieldbug sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bandit Shieldbug is recorded against all the insects logged in Nairobi National Park (16 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.
