Cicindela purpurea
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Cicindela purpurea, known generally as the purple tiger beetle or cow path tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. 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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Purple Tiger Beetle sighting in Denver on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 151st 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purple Tiger Beetle in Denver on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple Tiger Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Denver, in our data
Denver is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Purple Tiger Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Cicindela
The closest relatives of the Purple Tiger Beetle that you can see in Denver (genus Cicindela, Common Tiger Beetles) are Punctured Tiger Beetle (about 10%) and Bronzed Tiger Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple Tiger Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Denver (32 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.
