Eleodes opaca
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Eleodes opaca is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is also known as plains false wireworm. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Plains False Wireworm Beetle sighting in Badlands National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 37 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.
June
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Plains False Wireworm Beetle in Badlands National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Badlands National Park's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 15 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plains False Wireworm 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.
Only Badlands National Park, in our data
Badlands National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Plains False Wireworm Beetle sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Eleodes
The closest relatives of the Plains False Wireworm Beetle that you can see in Badlands National Park (genus Eleodes, Desert Stink Beetles) are Red-Backed Darkling Beetle (about 30%) and Rough-Lipped Darkling Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plains False Wireworm Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Badlands National Park (17 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.
