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Alcides signatus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Alcides signatus sighting in Kathmandu on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 31st most-seen of the 71 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Alcides signatus in Kathmandu on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months. Those are among Kathmandu's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against almost none in November.
Only Kathmandu, in our data
Kathmandu is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Alcides signatus sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Alcides signatus that you can see in Kathmandu (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 30%), Aplosonyx chalybeus (about 20%) and Illeis confusa (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alcides signatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Kathmandu (10 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.
