Avocado Mantis

Avocado Mantis

Stagmatoptera supplicaria

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

12 Verified sightings at Yasuní National Park From 2019 to 2026
20 In all 2 parks
September Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Avocado Mantis

Stagmatoptera supplicaria is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. List of mantis genera and species Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~30%
2 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Avocado Mantis in Yasuní National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Avocado Mantis sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Avocado Mantis in Yasuní National Park?

September

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Avocado Mantis in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, July–August and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Avocado Mantis?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Avocado Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Yasuní National Park the best place to see an Avocado Mantis?

2nd of 2

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Avocado Mantis sightings, Yasuní National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%).

Where does the Avocado Mantis sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Avocado Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Yasuní National Park (12 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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