Stripsipher orientalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Stripsipher orientalis, the common wood chafer, is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West, Limpopo) and Eswatini. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Wood Chafer sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 88th most-seen of the 213 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.
October and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Wood Chafer in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and July–August, the lowest months.
Only Johannesburg, in our data
Johannesburg is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Wood Chafer sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Common Wood Chafer that you can see in Johannesburg (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Derby's Flower Beetle (about 20%), Garden Fruit Chafer (about 20%) and White-Spotted Fruit Chafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Wood Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (20 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.
