Phalces brevis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Stick Insect sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 110 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Stick Insect in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and June, the lowest months. That is one of Table Mountain National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 110 mm in June.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cape Stick Insect sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Cape Stick Insect sightings, Table Mountain National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cape Stick Insect is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (110 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.
