Acmaeodera princeps
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Acmaeodera princeps is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Acmaeodera princeps sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 204th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Acmaeodera princeps in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Acmaeodera princeps 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 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 princeps sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Acmaeodera
The closest relatives of the Acmaeodera princeps that you can see in Big Bend National Park (genus Acmaeodera) are Acmaeodera opacula (about 10%), Acmaeodera mixta (about 10%) and Acmaeodera maculifera (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Acmaeodera princeps is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (10 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.
