Chauliognathus basalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Chauliognathus basalis, the Colorado soldier beetle, is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Colorado Soldier Beetle sighting in Denver on a given day, based on 168 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 36th most-seen of the 461 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Colorado Soldier Beetle in Denver on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Colorado Soldier Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Denver, in our data
Denver is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Colorado Soldier Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Colorado Soldier Beetle that you can see in Denver (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Japanese Beetle (about 30%), Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Convergent Lady Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Colorado Soldier Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Denver (168 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.
