Polyphylla fullo
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Polyphylla fullo, the pine chafer, is a beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Melolonthinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pine Chafer sighting in Budapest on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 306th most-seen of the 404 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pine Chafer in Budapest on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pine Chafer sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
4th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Pine Chafer sightings, Budapest ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yerevan (Armenia, about 20%), Turin (Italy, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Pine Chafer that you can see in Budapest (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are European Rhinoceros Beetle (about 20%), Pentodon idiota (about 20%) and Mediterranean Spotted Chafer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pine Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Budapest (6 verified sightings), 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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