Xystrocera dispar
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xystrocera dispar sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 221st 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xystrocera dispar in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and June–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xystrocera dispar sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Xystrocera dispar sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 20%) and Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Xystrocera dispar that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Giant Longhorn (about 10%), Patterned Longhorn (about 10%) and Macrotoma natala (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xystrocera dispar is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (7 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.
