White-Spotted Fruit Chafer

White-Spotted Fruit Chafer

Mausoleopsis amabilis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Garden Route National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

35 Verified sightings at Garden Route National Park From 2019 to 2026
217 In all 4 parks
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
2 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
3 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
4 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Pretoria 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
2 Cape Town 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
3 Johannesburg 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a White-Spotted Fruit Chafer in Garden Route National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Spotted Fruit Chafer sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 298 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a White-Spotted Fruit Chafer in Garden Route National Park?

December

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-Spotted Fruit Chafer in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and July–September, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a White-Spotted Fruit Chafer?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-Spotted Fruit Chafer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Garden Route National Park the best place to see a White-Spotted Fruit Chafer?

Among the best

Of the 4 parks where we can rate White-Spotted Fruit Chafer sightings, Garden Route National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Table Mountain National Park (South Africa, about 10%).

Which relatives of the White-Spotted Fruit Chafer live in Garden Route National Park?

Same family: Scarabaeidae

The closest relatives of the White-Spotted Fruit Chafer that you can see in Garden Route National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Zigzag Fruit Chafer (about 10%), Orange Small Fruit Chafer (about 10%) and Large Black Nest Chafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the White-Spotted Fruit Chafer sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the White-Spotted Fruit Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (35 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.

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