Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle

Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle

Agelasta perplexa

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

11 Verified sightings at Taroko National Park From 2019 to 2026
11 In 1 park
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle

Agelasta perplexa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1858. It is known from China, Taiwan and Japan. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
2 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle in Taroko National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 181st most-seen of the 447 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle in Taroko National Park?

May–June and December

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle in Taroko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and July–October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle?

Only Taroko National Park, in our data

Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown-Marmorated Longicorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Taroko National Park (11 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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