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 Pretoria on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 274 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.
July and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Fruit Chafer in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in June and August, the lowest months. Those are among Pretoria's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month 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.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Garden Fruit Chafer sightings, Pretoria has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Johannesburg (South Africa, about 20%) and Cape Town (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Garden Fruit Chafer that you can see in Pretoria (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Derby's Flower Beetle (about 20%), White-Spotted Fruit Chafer (about 20%) and Zigzag Fruit Chafer (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 Pretoria (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.
