Pachysoma hippocrates
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pachysoma hippocrates sighting in West Coast National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pachysoma hippocrates in West Coast National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–July and October, the lowest months. That is one of West Coast National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 70 mm in June.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pachysoma hippocrates sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only West Coast National Park, in our data
West Coast National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pachysoma hippocrates sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Pachysoma hippocrates that you can see in West Coast National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Saldanha Protea Chafer (about 30%), Garden Fruit Chafer (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 Pachysoma hippocrates is recorded against all the insects logged in West Coast National Park (14 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.
