Conchyloctenia punctata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an African Spotted Tortoise Beetle sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 101st most-seen of the 311 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, September and November–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an African Spotted Tortoise Beetle in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July–August and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most African Spotted Tortoise Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 cities where we can rate African Spotted Tortoise Beetle sightings, Cape Town ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Harare (Zimbabwe, about 10%), Johannesburg (South Africa, about 10%) and Pretoria (South Africa, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the African Spotted Tortoise Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (39 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.
