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In 3 days ~30% 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 Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Plum Dung Beetle in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and 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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Plum Dung Beetle sightings, Kruger National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 30%) and Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique, about 20%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Plum Dung Beetle that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Diurnal Copper Dung Beetle (about 10%), Amethyst Small Fruit Chafer (about 10%) and Garreta wahlbergi (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 Kruger National Park (64 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.
