Pacificanthia consors
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Pacificanthia consors, also known as the brown leatherwing beetle, is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America, mainly in California. Adults are 14-19 mm in length. They are orange with brown wing covers, and the legs are reddish with black markings. Adults are mostly commonly on the wing in April and May. Adult beetles and their larva both spend most of their time in plant litter where they prey on other soil fauna. 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 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Leather Wing Beetle sighting in Channel Islands National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 131 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Leather Wing Beetle in Channel Islands National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to March, the lowest months. Those are among Channel Islands National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 60 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Leather Wing Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
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 Brown Leather Wing Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Brown Leather Wing Beetle 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 Brown Leather Wing Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Channel Islands 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.
