Scaraphites rotundipennis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Scaraphites rotundipennis sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 60 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 Scaraphites rotundipennis in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scaraphites rotundipennis sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Wilsons Promontory National Park, in our data
Wilsons Promontory National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Scaraphites rotundipennis sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Scaraphites rotundipennis that you can see in Wilsons Promontory National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Broad-Back Weevil (about 30%), Golden Stag Beetle (about 30%) and Punctate Flower Chafer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scaraphites rotundipennis is recorded against all the insects logged in Wilsons Promontory National Park (18 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.
