Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle silhouette

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Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle

Buprestis confluenta

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Denver

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

14 Verified sightings at Denver
June Best month

About the Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle

Buprestis confluenta is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Denver 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle in Denver?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle sighting in Denver on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 221st 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.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle in Denver?

June

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle in Denver on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.

Where else can you see a Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle?

Only Denver, in our data

Denver is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Spotted Jewel Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Denver (14 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.

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