Kheper nigroaeneus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Diurnal Copper Dung Beetle sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 81st most-seen of the 316 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.
September and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Diurnal Copper Dung Beetle in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and July–August, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Diurnal Copper Dung Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Diurnal Copper Dung Beetle sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%), Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Diurnal Copper Dung Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (22 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.
