Ancistrocercus excelsior
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ancistrocercus excelsior sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 106th most-seen of the 203 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.
April and September–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ancistrocercus excelsior in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and December–February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ancistrocercus excelsior sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Yasuní National Park, in our data
Yasuní National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ancistrocercus excelsior sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Ancistrocercus excelsior that you can see in Yasuní National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Panoploscelis specularis (about 20%), Spiny Devil Katydid (about 20%) and Typophyllum mortuifolium (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ancistrocercus excelsior is recorded against all the insects logged in Yasuní National Park (8 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.
