Stictopelta marmorata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | 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 Stictopelta marmorata sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 255th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Stictopelta marmorata in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. Those are among Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in April.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stictopelta marmorata sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
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 Stictopelta marmorata sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Stictopelta marmorata that you can see in Big Bend National Park (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Giant Agave Bug (about 30%), Western Leaf-Footed Bug (about 20%) and Common Cactus Dodger (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stictopelta marmorata is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (7 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.
