Anoplognathus viriditarsis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Anoplognathus viriditarsis is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae native to eastern Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Anoplognathus viriditarsis sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 289th most-seen of the 742 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Anoplognathus viriditarsis in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in February to October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Anoplognathus viriditarsis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Sydney, in our data
Sydney is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Anoplognathus viriditarsis sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Anoplognathus
The closest relatives of the Anoplognathus viriditarsis that you can see in Sydney (genus Anoplognathus, Christmas Beetles) are Anoplognathus olivieri (about 10%), Washerwoman (about 10%) and Campfire Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Anoplognathus viriditarsis is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (24 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.
