Pachnoda sinuata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pachnoda sinuata, the garden fruit chafer or checkers tor or brown-and-yellow fruit chafer, is a species of beetle found in Namibia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Egypt. It is a beneficial pollinator, and a minor pest of fruits, easily recognised by its yellow patterns. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Fruit Chafer sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 59th most-seen of the 198 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.
April and October–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Fruit Chafer in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–September, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Garden Fruit Chafer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Garden Fruit Chafer sightings, Addo Elephant National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 20%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Garden Fruit Chafer that you can see in Addo Elephant National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Cape Flightless Dung Beetle (about 40%), White-Spotted Fruit Chafer (about 10%) and Orange Small Fruit Chafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Garden Fruit Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Addo Elephant 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.
