Cicindela goryi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Cicindela goryi, sometimes called the lowland tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle from southern India. It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the closely related Cicindela aurofasciata. Unlike in Cicindela aurofasciata, goryi has the two yellow elytral bands broad and fused to form a cross. They have a wider distribution and are found in the plains of peninsular India unlike aurofasciata which is found in the Western Ghats.
The name goryi derives from the insect collector H. L. Gory from whose collections Maximilien Chaudoir described the species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lowland Tiger Beetle sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 433rd most-seen of the 477 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lowland Tiger Beetle in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Only Bengaluru, in our data
Bengaluru is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lowland Tiger Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lowland Tiger Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Bengaluru (8 verified sightings), 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.
