Nuttall's Blister Beetle

Nuttall's Blister Beetle

Lytta nuttallii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Calgary

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

23 Verified sightings at Calgary
64 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
2 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
3 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Calgary 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Nuttall's Blister Beetle in Calgary?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Nuttall's Blister Beetle sighting in Calgary on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 104th most-seen of the 256 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Nuttall's Blister Beetle in Calgary?

June and July

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nuttall's Blister Beetle in Calgary on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. Those are among Calgary's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Nuttall's Blister Beetle?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nuttall's Blister Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Nuttall's Blister Beetle?

Only Calgary, in our data

Calgary is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Nuttall's Blister Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Nuttall's Blister Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Nuttall's Blister Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Calgary (23 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.

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