Somaticus bohemani
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Somaticus bohemani sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 60 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Somaticus bohemani in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to February, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Somaticus bohemani 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 Namib-Naukluft National Park, in our data
Namib-Naukluft National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Somaticus bohemani sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Somaticus bohemani that you can see in Namib-Naukluft National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Anthracocentrus capensis (about 10%), Julodis mitifica (about 10%) and Julodis humeralis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Somaticus bohemani is recorded against all the insects logged in Namib-Naukluft National Park (19 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.
