Leucocelis rubra
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Small Fruit Chafer sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 110th most-seen of the 344 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Small Fruit Chafer in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to October, 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 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange Small Fruit Chafer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Orange Small Fruit Chafer sightings, Table Mountain National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Orange Small Fruit Chafer 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 Orange Small Fruit Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (37 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.
