Smicronyx fulvus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Smicronyx fulvus, commonly known as the red sunflower seed weevil, is a weevil in the family Curculionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badlands 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 Red Sunflower Seed Weevil sighting in Denver on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 317th 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.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Sunflower Seed Weevil in Denver on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months. That is one of Denver's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 15 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Sunflower Seed Weevil sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 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 Red Sunflower Seed Weevil sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Curculionidae
The closest relatives of the Red Sunflower Seed Weevil that you can see in Denver (family Curculionidae, True Weevils) are Black Vine Weevil (about 10%), Pale Green Weevil (about 10%) and Canada Thistle Bud Weevil (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Sunflower Seed Weevil is recorded against all the insects logged in Denver (8 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.
