Platynaspis capicola
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Platynaspis capicola sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th 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.
January–April and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Platynaspis capicola in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Platynaspis capicola sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Addo Elephant National Park, in our data
Addo Elephant National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Platynaspis capicola sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Platynaspis capicola that you can see in Addo Elephant National Park (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Lunate Lady Beetle (about 10%), Variegated Lady Beetle (about 10%) and Cheilomenes propinqua (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Platynaspis capicola is recorded against all the insects logged in Addo Elephant National Park (9 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.
