Acmaeodera hepburnii
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Acmaeodera hepburnii is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Acmaeodera hepburnii sighting in Channel Islands National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 131 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 an Acmaeodera hepburnii in Channel Islands National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to February, the lowest months. That is one of Channel Islands National Park's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain against almost none in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Acmaeodera hepburnii sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Channel Islands National Park, in our data
Channel Islands National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Acmaeodera hepburnii sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Acmaeodera hepburnii that you can see in Channel Islands National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%), Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Australian Tortoise Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Acmaeodera hepburnii is recorded against all the insects logged in Channel Islands National Park (12 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.
