Statilia maculata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Statilia maculata, common name Asian jumping mantis or "小蟷螂", ko-kamakiri (Japanese meaning "small mantis") or "좀사마귀", jom-sa-ma-gui (Korean meaning "small mantis"), is a species of mantis native to Asia that can be found in Russia, China, Japan, Korea, and Sri Lanka.
Males are 40–50 mm in length as adults. Females are 45–58 mm in length as adults. The species was first described from the genus Mantis by Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784, who described the mantis as being from eastern India.
S. m. maculata China, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Taiwan, India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Orissa, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Java, Borneo, Nepal, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Korea
S. m. continentalis India (Uttar Pradesh) The species is eaten in Japan's Nagano prefecture, where the wings, limbs, and guts are removed prior to being cooked with sweetened soy sauce. The mantises' egg cases are also used medicinally in Japan and China.
Statilia maculata has a C-value of 3.05. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Jumping Mantis sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 315th most-seen of the 447 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Jumping Mantis in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–June, September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Jumping Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Taroko National Park, in our data
Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Asian Jumping Mantis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Mantidae
The closest relatives of the Asian Jumping Mantis that you can see in Taroko National Park (family Mantidae, Mantids) are Formosan Giant Mantis (about 40%) and Giant Asian Mantis (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Jumping Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (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.
