Hydrophilus ovatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Hydrophilus ovatus is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae. It is found in the eastern United States from Maine south to Florida and west to Texas and Kansas, southern Ontario and Quebec, and south to southern Mexico. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hydrophilus ovatus sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 173rd most-seen of the 262 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hydrophilus ovatus in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in April and August–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hydrophilus ovatus sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Big Cypress National Preserve, in our data
Big Cypress National Preserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hydrophilus ovatus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hydrophilidae
The closest relatives of the Hydrophilus ovatus that you can see in Big Cypress National Preserve (family Hydrophilidae, Water Scavenger Beetles) are Helobata larvalis (about 10%), Hydrobiomorpha casta (about 10%) and Tropisternus collaris (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hydrophilus ovatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (9 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.
