Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle

Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle

Pachyodontus languidus

Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Table Mountain National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

54 Verified sightings at Table Mountain National Park From 2019 to 2026
54 In 1 park
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle in Table Mountain National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 89th 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.

When is the best time to see a Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle in Table Mountain National Park?

January–July and October–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle?

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 Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (54 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.

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