Acmaeodera maculifera
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Acmaeodera maculifera is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Acmaeodera maculifera sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 122nd most-seen of the 329 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Acmaeodera maculifera in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to August, the lowest months. That is one of Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 10 mm in April.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Acmaeodera maculifera sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Big Bend National Park, in our data
Big Bend National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Acmaeodera maculifera sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Acmaeodera
The closest relatives of the Acmaeodera maculifera that you can see in Big Bend National Park (genus Acmaeodera) are Acmaeodera opacula (about 10%), Acmaeodera mixta (about 10%) and Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Acmaeodera maculifera is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend 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.
