Zammara tympanum
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Shield Cicada sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 117 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.
January and March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Green Shield Cicada in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to December, the lowest months. Those are among Serra dos Órgãos National Park's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Shield Cicada sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Green Shield Cicada sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Green Shield Cicada that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Sphenorhina rubra (about 20%), Monecphora cingulata (about 20%) and Anasa varicornis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Shield Cicada is recorded against all the insects logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (7 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.
