Pachnoda sinuata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Pachnoda sinuata, the garden fruit chafer or checkers tor or brown-and-yellow fruit chafer, is a species of beetle found in Namibia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Egypt. It is a beneficial pollinator, and a minor pest of fruits, easily recognised by its yellow patterns. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Fruit Chafer sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 55 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 213 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Fruit Chafer in Johannesburg on a given day, against about 10% in February to July, the lowest months. That is one of Johannesburg's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 130 mm in December.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Garden Fruit 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 4 cities where we can rate Garden Fruit Chafer sightings, Johannesburg ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Pretoria (South Africa, about 20%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Garden Fruit Chafer that you can see in Johannesburg (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Derby's Flower Beetle (about 20%), White-Spotted Fruit Chafer (about 10%) and Forkhorn Rhinoceros Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Garden Fruit Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (55 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.
