Hoplia philanthus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Welsh Chafer sighting in London on a given day, based on 106 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 283rd most-seen of the 1504 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Welsh Chafer in London on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Welsh Chafer sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Welsh Chafer sightings, London ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 20%), Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 20%) and Manchester (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Welsh Chafer that you can see in London (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are European Rose Chafer (about 20%), Summer Chafer (about 10%) and Common Cockchafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Welsh Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in London (106 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.
