Trichodes nutalli
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elk Island National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Blue Checkered Beetle sighting in Calgary on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 69th most-seen of the 256 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Blue Checkered 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.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Blue Checkered Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Red-Blue Checkered Beetle sightings, Calgary has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Denver (United States, about 10%) and Toronto (Canada, under 5%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Red-Blue Checkered Beetle that you can see in Calgary (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 30%), Two-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Bronze Ground Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Blue Checkered Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Calgary (50 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.
