Julodis mitifica
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Julodis mitifica is a species in the beetle family Buprestidae. It is endemic to Namibia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Julodis mitifica sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 60 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June, August–September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Julodis mitifica in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to March, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Julodis mitifica sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Namib-Naukluft National Park, in our data
Namib-Naukluft National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Julodis mitifica sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Julodis
The closest relatives of the Julodis mitifica that you can see in Namib-Naukluft National Park (genus Julodis, Brush Jewel Beetles) are Julodis humeralis (about 10%) and Julodis bennigseni (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Julodis mitifica is recorded against all the insects logged in Namib-Naukluft National Park (17 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.
