Yoyetta kershawi
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Yoyetta kershawi is a species of cicada, also known as the Victorian firetail, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Victorian Firetail sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 60 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Victorian Firetail in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Victorian Firetail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Wilsons Promontory National Park, in our data
Wilsons Promontory National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Victorian Firetail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Victorian Firetail that you can see in Wilsons Promontory National Park (family Cicadidae, Typical Cicadas) are Green Grocer (about 20%) and Southern Spotted Cicada (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Victorian Firetail is recorded against all the insects logged in Wilsons Promontory National Park (7 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.
