Smicronyx fulvus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Smicronyx fulvus, commonly known as the red sunflower seed weevil, is a weevil in the family Curculionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Sunflower Seed Weevil sighting in Badlands National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red Sunflower Seed Weevil in Badlands National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Sunflower Seed Weevil sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 Red Sunflower Seed Weevil sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Red Sunflower Seed Weevil that you can see in Badlands National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Red-Backed Darkling Beetle (about 30%), Plains False Wireworm Beetle (about 20%) and Colorado Potato Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Sunflower Seed Weevil is recorded against all the insects logged in Badlands National Park (6 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.
