Protaetia orientalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Flower Beetle sighting in Kaohsiung on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 54th most-seen of the 218 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.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Flower Beetle in Kaohsiung on a given day, against under 5% in August and November, the lowest months. That is one of Kaohsiung's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 440 mm in August.
17th of 27
Of the 27 cities where we can rate Oriental Flower Beetle sightings, Kaohsiung ranks 17th at about 10%. The best odds are in Quanzhou (China, about 40%), Nanchang (China, about 30%) and Shanghai (China, about 20%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Oriental Flower Beetle that you can see in Kaohsiung (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Macronota shangaicus (about 10%), Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (about 10%) and Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oriental Flower Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaohsiung (28 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.
