Stagmatoptera praecaria
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Stagmatoptera precaria is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Stagmatoptera praecaria sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 8 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.
April and May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Stagmatoptera praecaria in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–October and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stagmatoptera praecaria 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 Serra dos Órgãos National Park, in our data
Serra dos Órgãos National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Stagmatoptera praecaria sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Mantodea
The closest relatives of the Stagmatoptera praecaria that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (order Mantodea, Mantises) are Bantia marmorata (about 20%), Chloromiopteryx plurilobata (about 10%) and South American Dead Leaf Mantis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stagmatoptera praecaria is recorded against all the insects logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (8 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.
