Pachnoda ephippiata
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pachnoda ephippiata sighting in Nairobi on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 123 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November–December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pachnoda ephippiata in Nairobi on a given day, against about 20% in April, July and October, the lowest months. Those are among Nairobi's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in July.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pachnoda ephippiata 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 Nairobi, in our data
Nairobi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pachnoda ephippiata sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Pachnoda ephippiata that you can see in Nairobi (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Boas Rhinoceros Beetle (about 10%), Large Black Nest Chafer (about 10%) and Rhabdotis sobrina (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pachnoda ephippiata is recorded against all the insects logged in Nairobi (50 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.
