Eleodes tricostata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Eleodes tricostata is a species of desert stink beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky Mountain 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 Three-Ribbed Darkling Beetle sighting in Denver on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 158th 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.
July to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Ribbed Darkling Beetle in Denver on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Three-Ribbed Darkling Beetle 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 Three-Ribbed Darkling Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Eleodes
The closest relatives of the Three-Ribbed Darkling Beetle that you can see in Denver (genus Eleodes, Desert Stink Beetles) are Red-Backed Darkling Beetle (about 10%) and Eleodes fusiformis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Three-Ribbed Darkling Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Denver (28 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.
