Chalconotus convexus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plum Dung Beetle sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 107th most-seen of the 316 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Plum Dung Beetle in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and June–September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plum Dung Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Plum Dung Beetle sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 30%), Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 20%) and Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Plum Dung Beetle 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 Plum Dung Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (19 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.
