Ptecticus testaceus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Ptecticus testaceus is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ptecticus testaceus sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th most-seen of the 141 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.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Ptecticus testaceus in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March–October and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Tambopata National Reserve's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain against 45 mm in July.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ptecticus testaceus sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tambopata National Reserve, in our data
Tambopata National Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ptecticus testaceus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ptecticus testaceus is recorded against all the insects logged in Tambopata National Reserve (6 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.
