Scarabaeolus intricatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Scarabaeolus intricatus sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 139th 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.
September to November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarabaeolus intricatus in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in December to August, the lowest months.
Only Cape Town, in our data
Cape Town is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Scarabaeolus intricatus sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Scarabaeolus intricatus 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 Scarabaeolus intricatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (22 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.
