Green Protea Chafer

Green Protea Chafer

Trichostetha fascicularis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Cape Town

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

8 Verified sightings at Cape Town
93 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Green Protea Chafer

Trichostetha fascicularis is a large, metallic-green beetle found in South Africa. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cape Town 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Green Protea Chafer in Cape Town?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green Protea Chafer sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 231st most-seen of the 311 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Green Protea Chafer in Cape Town?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green Protea Chafer in Cape Town on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Green Protea Chafer?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Protea 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.

Where else can you see a Green Protea Chafer?

Only Cape Town, in our data

Cape Town is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green Protea Chafer sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Green Protea Chafer sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Green Protea Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (8 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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