Mecodema strictum

Mecodema strictum

Mecodema strictum

Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Abel Tasman National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

16 Verified sightings at Abel Tasman National Park From 2019 to 2026
16 In 1 park
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Mecodema strictum in Abel Tasman National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mecodema strictum sighting in Abel Tasman National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 64 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Mecodema strictum in Abel Tasman National Park?

July and November–December

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mecodema strictum in Abel Tasman National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and August–October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Mecodema strictum?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mecodema strictum sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Mecodema strictum?

Only Abel Tasman National Park, in our data

Abel Tasman National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mecodema strictum sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Mecodema strictum live in Abel Tasman National Park?

Same genus: Mecodema

The closest relatives of the Mecodema strictum that you can see in Abel Tasman National Park (genus Mecodema) are Mecodema crenicolle (about 20%) and Mecodema costellum (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Mecodema strictum sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Mecodema strictum is recorded against all the insects logged in Abel Tasman National Park (16 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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