Chondropyga dorsalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Chondropyga dorsalis, the cowboy beetle, is a large beetle endemic to Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cowboy Beetle sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 789 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 Cowboy Beetle in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to October, the lowest months. That is one of Blue Mountains National Park's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 40 mm in May.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cowboy Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Cowboy Beetle sightings, Blue Mountains National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Royal National Park (Australia, about 20%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Cowboy Beetle that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Argentinian Scarab (about 20%), Fiddler Beetle (about 10%) and Anoplognathus viriditarsis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cowboy Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (45 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.
