Temnopteryx phalerata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Temnopteryx phalerata, also known by the common name Cape zebra cockroach, is a species from the genus Temnopteryx. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Zebra Cockroach sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 79th 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.
January, March–April and June–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Zebra Cockroach in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May and December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cape Zebra Cockroach sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
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 Cape Zebra Cockroach sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cape Zebra Cockroach is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain 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.
