Dischista cincta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Dischista cincta is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae, belonging to the subfamily Cetoniidae. It was described by Charles De Geer in 1778 and is endemic to South and East Africa, including Namibia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dischista cincta sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 176th most-seen of the 748 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.
April and October–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dischista cincta in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–September, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's wettest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dischista cincta sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dischista cincta sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dischista cincta is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (28 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.
