Metacatharsius opacus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Metacatharsius opacus sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 239th most-seen of the 316 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.
January–February, July–September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Metacatharsius opacus in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–June, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Metacatharsius opacus sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in our data
iSimangaliso Wetland Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Metacatharsius opacus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Metacatharsius opacus that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Popeye Dung Beetle (about 30%), Kheper lamarcki (about 10%) and Diurnal Copper Dung Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Metacatharsius opacus is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland 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.
