Popillia discalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Popillia discalis sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 89th most-seen of the 182 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Popillia discalis in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, the lowest months. That is one of Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]'s driest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 310 mm in November.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Popillia discalis 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 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte], in our data
Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Popillia discalis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Popillia discalis that you can see in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Protaetia aurichalcea (about 10%), Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (about 10%) and Heterorhina elegans (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Popillia discalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (14 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.
