Aspidimorpha quadriremis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a South African Fool's Gold Beetle sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 236th most-seen of the 298 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.
February, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a South African Fool's Gold Beetle in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–August, October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most South African Fool's Gold 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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate South African Fool's Gold Beetle sightings, Garden Route National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Table Mountain National Park (South Africa, under 5%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the South African Fool's Gold Beetle that you can see in Garden Route National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Common Metallic Longhorn Beetle (about 20%), Asian Lady Beetle (about 10%) and Zigzag Fruit Chafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the South African Fool's Gold Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
