Ceroplesis aethiops
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Ceroplesis aethiops, the pea longhorn beetle, is a species of flat-faced longhorn in the family Cerambycidae. It is found in South Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pea Longhorn Beetle sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 117th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pea Longhorn Beetle in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in May and November–March, the lowest months. Those are among Cape Town's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pea Longhorn Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cape Town, in our data
Cape Town is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pea Longhorn Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pea Longhorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (29 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.
