Rhipicera femorata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Rhipicera femorata is a species of beetle in the genus Rhipicera. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Feather-Horned Beetle sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 71st most-seen of the 418 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.
February and March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Feather-Horned Beetle in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Feather-Horned Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Feather-Horned Beetle sightings, Great Otway National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia, about 10%) and Blue Mountains National Park (Australia, under 5%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Feather-Horned Beetle that you can see in Great Otway National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Variegated Lady Beetle (about 20%), Large Spotted Ladybird (about 10%) and Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Feather-Horned Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (26 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.
