Temnorhynchus retusus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Flatface Rhino Beetle sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 72nd most-seen of the 344 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.
February–May, July, September–October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Flatface Rhino Beetle in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, June, August and November, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cape Flatface Rhino Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Cape Flatface Rhino Beetle sightings, Table Mountain National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Garden Route National Park (South Africa, under 5%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Cape Flatface Rhino Beetle that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are White-Spotted Fruit Chafer (about 10%), Green Protea Chafer (about 10%) and Cape Protea Chafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cape Flatface Rhino Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (70 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.
