Dasymutilla pseudopappus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Dasymutilla pseudopappus is a species of velvet ant native to North America. Dasymutilla pseudopappus is visually similar to and shares some range with Dasymutilla imperialis, Dasymutilla thetis, and Dasymutilla gloriosa. (D. pseudopappus was originally classed as a subspecies of D. gloriosa.) This species is found the southwest, namely in the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Zacatecas, and in the Four Corners, California, and Texas in the U.S. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dasymutilla pseudopappus sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 283rd most-seen of the 329 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July, September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dasymutilla pseudopappus in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April, June, August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dasymutilla pseudopappus 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 Big Bend National Park, in our data
Big Bend National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dasymutilla pseudopappus sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Dasymutilla
The closest relatives of the Dasymutilla pseudopappus that you can see in Big Bend National Park (genus Dasymutilla) are Thistledown Velvet Ant (about 10%) and Dasymutilla vestita (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dasymutilla pseudopappus is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (5 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.
