Chondropyga dorsalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Chondropyga dorsalis, the cowboy beetle, is a large beetle endemic to Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cowboy Beetle sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 327 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 30th most-seen of the 742 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.
December and January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cowboy Beetle in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in March to October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cowboy Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Cowboy Beetle sightings, Sydney has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Melbourne (Australia, about 10%) and Brisbane (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Cowboy Beetle that you can see in Sydney (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Argentinian Scarab (about 20%), Fiddler Beetle (about 10%) and Punctate Flower Chafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cowboy Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (327 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.
