Cicindela calligramma
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Cicindela calligramma is a tiger beetle endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka. They are 13 to 16 mm long with a green or coppery brown body and three prominent yellowish markings. The ground colour varies a lot. They are found on the ground inside thin forest. They can be confused with Cicindela guttata which has hairs only on the lower part of the cheeks.
They are active from May to November, males show mate guarding behavior, continuing to stay mounted on females after mating. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Transverse-Banded Tiger Beetle sighting in Hyderabad on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 115th most-seen of the 318 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Transverse-Banded Tiger Beetle in Hyderabad on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. That is one of Hyderabad's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against almost none in December.
Only Hyderabad, in our data
Hyderabad is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Transverse-Banded Tiger Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Transverse-Banded Tiger Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Hyderabad (25 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.
