Colotis annae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 6 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Tip sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 147th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April, June and September–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Tip in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, May and July–August, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarlet Tip sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Scarlet Tip sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 30%), Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa, about 20%) and Pilanesberg National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same genus: Colotis
The closest relatives of the Scarlet Tip that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (genus Colotis, Tips) are Round-Winged Orange Tip (about 20%), Sulphur Orange Tip (about 10%) and Veined Tip (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (12 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.
