Anoplognathus flavipennis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Anoplognathus flavipennis is a species of beetle within the genus Anoplognathus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Winged Christmas Beetle sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 377th 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 and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Winged Christmas Beetle in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in January to October, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Winged Christmas Beetle 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 Brown-Winged Christmas Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Anoplognathus
The closest relatives of the Brown-Winged Christmas Beetle 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 Brown-Winged Christmas Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (15 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.
