Antestia Bug

Antestia Bug

Antestiopsis thunbergii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Table Mountain National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

74 Verified sightings at Table Mountain National Park From 2019 to 2026
74 In 1 park
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cape Town 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Antestia Bug in Table Mountain National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Antestia Bug sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 74 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 74th most-seen of the 344 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Antestia Bug in Table Mountain National Park?

October to August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Antestia Bug in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see an Antestia Bug?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Antestia Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see an Antestia Bug?

Only Table Mountain National Park, in our data

Table Mountain National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Antestia Bug sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Antestia Bug live in Table Mountain National Park?

Same family: Pentatomidae

The closest relatives of the Antestia Bug that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Brown Stink Bug (about 10%) and Southern Green Stink Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Antestia Bug sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Antestia Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (74 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.

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