Phelotrupes auratus
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Phelotrupes auratus is a species of beetle known by the common names Japanese earth-boring dung beetle and golden dung beetle. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Japanese Earth-Boring Dung Beetle sighting in Nikko National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 86 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July to September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Japanese Earth-Boring Dung Beetle in Nikko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Japanese Earth-Boring Dung Beetle 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 Nikko National Park, in our data
Nikko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Japanese Earth-Boring Dung Beetle sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Japanese Earth-Boring Dung Beetle that you can see in Nikko National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%), Japanese Knotweed Leaf Beetle (about 30%) and Miyama Stag Beetle (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Japanese Earth-Boring Dung Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Nikko National Park (15 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.
