Parectatosoma echinus
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Parectatosoma echinus sighting in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 68 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Parectatosoma echinus in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Parectatosoma echinus sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Ranomafana National Park, in our data
Ranomafana National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Parectatosoma echinus sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Phasmida
The closest relatives of the Parectatosoma echinus that you can see in Ranomafana National Park (order Phasmida, Stick Insects) are Cirsia madegassa (about 30%) and Indian Walking Stick (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Parectatosoma echinus is recorded against all the insects logged in Ranomafana National Park (64 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.
