Diplognatha gagates
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Diplognatha gagates is a species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Black Nest Chafer sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Black Nest Chafer in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in July to November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Black Nest 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.
Among the best
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Large Black Nest Chafer sightings, Cape Town ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Pretoria (South Africa, about 10%), Johannesburg (South Africa, about 10%) and Harare (Zimbabwe, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Large Black Nest Chafer that you can see in Cape Town (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are White-Spotted Fruit Chafer (about 10%), Cape Flatface Rhino Beetle (about 10%) and Garden Fruit Chafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large Black Nest Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (64 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.
