Apatides fortis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Apatides fortis sighting in Mesa on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 128th most-seen of the 232 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Apatides fortis in Mesa on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. That is one of Mesa's wettest months, with about 35 mm of rain against almost none in June.
Only Mesa, in our data
Mesa is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Apatides fortis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Apatides fortis that you can see in Mesa (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Convergent Lady Beetle (about 10%), Figeater Beetle (about 10%) and Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Apatides fortis is recorded against all the insects logged in Mesa (16 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.
