Protaetia orientalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Flower Beetle sighting in Nanjing on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 71st most-seen of the 272 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Oriental Flower Beetle in Nanjing on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–April, the lowest months. That is one of Nanjing's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain against 40 mm in December.
14th of 27
Of the 27 cities where we can rate Oriental Flower Beetle sightings, Nanjing ranks 14th 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 Nanjing (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (about 20%), Eophileurus chinensis (about 10%) and Japanese Drone 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 Nanjing (19 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.
