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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an American Cochineal Bug sighting in Badlands National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 37 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 50% of wildlife watchers report an American Cochineal Bug in Badlands National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and September–January, the lowest months. That is one of Badlands National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 80 mm in May.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most American Cochineal Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Badlands National Park, in our data
Badlands National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate American Cochineal Bug sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the American Cochineal Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Badlands 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.
