Pyrota insulata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pyrota insulata, sometimes known as the yellow-crescent blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. Like other blister beetles, it produces the irritant cantharidin, which can cause blistering on human skin. 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 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Crescent Blister Beetle sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 204th 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.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Crescent Blister Beetle in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and November–February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Crescent Blister Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 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 Yellow-Crescent Blister Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Meloidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Crescent Blister Beetle that you can see in Big Bend National Park (family Meloidae, Blister Beetles) are Black-Striped Blister Beetle (about 20%), Black Bladder-Bodied Meloid (about 10%) 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 Yellow-Crescent Blister Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (8 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.
