Paranapiacaba tricincta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Paranapiacaba tricincta, the checkered melon beetle, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle or flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and 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 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Checkered Melon Beetle sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 169th 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.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Checkered Melon Beetle in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to April, 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 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Checkered Melon Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
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 Checkered Melon Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Chrysomelidae
The closest relatives of the Checkered Melon Beetle that you can see in Big Bend National Park (family Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles) are Orange Stout-Horned Luperine (about 10%), Spotted Cucumber Beetle (about 10%) and Anomoea nitidicollis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Checkered Melon Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (11 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.
