Epicauta polingi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Epicauta polingi is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. 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.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Poling's Two-Toned Blister Beetle sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 131st 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 30% of wildlife watchers report a Poling's Two-Toned Blister Beetle in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and December–March, 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 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Poling's Two-Toned Blister Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen 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 Poling's Two-Toned Blister Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Epicauta
The closest relatives of the Poling's Two-Toned Blister Beetle that you can see in Big Bend National Park (genus Epicauta, Burning Blister Beetles) are Black-Striped Blister Beetle (about 20%) and White-Necklace Blister Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Poling's Two-Toned Blister Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (15 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.
