Paranapiacaba tricincta
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Paranapiacaba tricincta, the checkered melon beetle, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle or flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Checkered Melon Beetle sighting in Denver on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 206th most-seen of the 461 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.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Checkered Melon Beetle in Denver on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Denver's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 15 mm in January.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Checkered Melon Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Denver, in our data
Denver is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Checkered Melon Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Chrysomelidae
The closest relatives of the Checkered Melon Beetle that you can see in Denver (family Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles) are Elm Leaf Beetle (about 10%), Spotted Cucumber Beetle (about 10%) and Rabbitbrush Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Checkered Melon Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Denver (18 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.
