Pachnoda sinuata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Pachnoda sinuata, the garden fruit chafer or checkers tor or brown-and-yellow fruit chafer, is a species of beetle found in Namibia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Egypt. It is a beneficial pollinator, and a minor pest of fruits, easily recognised by its yellow patterns. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Garden Route 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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Fruit Chafer sighting in West Coast National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Fruit Chafer in West Coast National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May–July and September, the lowest months. Those are among West Coast National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 70 mm in June.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Garden 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.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Garden Fruit Chafer sightings, West Coast National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa, about 10%) and iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Garden Fruit Chafer that you can see in West Coast National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Saldanha Protea Chafer (about 30%), Pachysoma hippocrates (about 20%) and Odontorrhina pubescens (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Garden Fruit Chafer is recorded against all the insects logged in West Coast National Park (11 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.
