Rhipicera femorata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Rhipicera femorata is a species of beetle in the genus Rhipicera. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Feather-Horned Beetle sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 60 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Feather-Horned Beetle in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to January, the lowest months. That is one of Wilsons Promontory National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 130 mm in August.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Feather-Horned Beetle 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 Feather-Horned Beetle sightings, Wilsons Promontory National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Great Otway National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Feather-Horned Beetle that you can see in Wilsons Promontory National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Broad-Back Weevil (about 30%), Golden Stag Beetle (about 30%) and Scaraphites rotundipennis (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Feather-Horned Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Wilsons Promontory National Park (5 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.
