Gymnetis merops
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Gymnetis merops is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gymnetis merops sighting in Lima on a given day, based on 170 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 95 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to February
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Gymnetis merops in Lima on a given day, against about 10% in September and November, the lowest months.
Only Lima, in our data
Lima is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gymnetis merops sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Gymnetis merops that you can see in Lima (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Golofa aegeon (about 10%) and Paranomala undulata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gymnetis merops is recorded against all the insects logged in Lima (170 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.
