Polyphylla fullo
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Polyphylla fullo, the pine chafer, is a beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Melolonthinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pine Chafer sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 241st most-seen of the 355 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pine Chafer in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pine Chafer sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
5th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Pine Chafer sightings, Rotterdam [The Hague] ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Yerevan (Armenia, about 20%), Turin (Italy, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Pine Chafer that you can see in Rotterdam [The Hague] (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Brown Chafer (about 10%), Garden Chafer (about 10%) and Mimela junii (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pine Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (7 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.
