Polyphylla fullo
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 Vienna on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 544th most-seen of the 1406 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.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pine Chafer in Vienna on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. Those are among Vienna's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in February.
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.
6th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Pine Chafer sightings, Vienna ranks 6th 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 Vienna (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Mediterranean Spotted Chafer (about 30%), European Rose Chafer (about 20%) and Valgus hemipterus (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 Vienna (25 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.
