Phryneta spinator
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Phryneta spinator, the fig-tree borer longhorn beetle or fig tree borer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1792, originally under the genus Lamia. It has a wide distribution throughout Africa. It feeds on Pyrus communis, Ficus carica, Salix babylonica, Cupressus sempervirens, and Vitis vinifera. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Figtree Longhorn sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 97th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Figtree Longhorn in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to November, the lowest months. Those are among Table Mountain National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in June.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Figtree Longhorn sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Table Mountain National Park, in our data
Table Mountain National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Figtree Longhorn sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Figtree Longhorn that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Pea Longhorn Beetle (about 10%), Common Metallic Longhorn Beetle (about 10%) and Litopus latipes (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Figtree Longhorn is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (42 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.
