Punctate Flower Chafer

Punctate Flower Chafer

Neorrhina punctatum

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

30 Verified sightings at Blue Mountains National Park From 2019 to 2026
85 In all 5 parks
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Punctate Flower Chafer

The punctate flower chafer or spotted flower chafer, Neorrhina punctata, is a species of flower chafer. The chafers are beetles of subfamily Cetoniinae in the large scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Among the chafers, N. punctata belongs to the tribe Schizorhinini.

This beetle occurs in eastern mainland Australia, from Victoria, through New South Wales to northern Queensland. It is also known under several other scientific names, but these are obsolete or misspelled: Cetonia punctatum (lapsus) Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
2 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
3 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
4 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
5 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
2 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
3 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Closest Relatives at Blue Mountains National Park

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Punctate Flower Chafer in Blue Mountains National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Punctate Flower Chafer sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 118th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Punctate Flower Chafer in Blue Mountains National Park?

February

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Punctate Flower Chafer in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Punctate Flower Chafer?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Punctate Flower 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.

Is Blue Mountains National Park the best place to see a Punctate Flower Chafer?

4th of 5

Of the 5 parks where we can rate Punctate Flower Chafer sightings, Blue Mountains National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 20%), Royal National Park (Australia, about 20%) and Grampians National Park (Australia, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Punctate Flower Chafer live in Blue Mountains National Park?

Same family: Scarabaeidae

The closest relatives of the Punctate Flower Chafer that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Argentinian Scarab (about 20%), Cowboy Beetle (about 10%) and Fiddler Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Punctate Flower Chafer sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Punctate Flower Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (30 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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