Eleodes spinipes
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Eleodes spinipes is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eleodes spinipes sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 88 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 329 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Eleodes spinipes in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eleodes spinipes sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: 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 Eleodes spinipes sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Eleodes
The closest relatives of the Eleodes spinipes that you can see in Big Bend National Park (genus Eleodes, Desert Stink Beetles) are Eleodes knullorum (about 10%) and Eleodes carbonaria (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eleodes spinipes is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (88 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.
