Nitops pallipennis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cactus Sap Beetle sighting in Phoenix on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 236th most-seen of the 264 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.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cactus Sap Beetle in Phoenix on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months. That is one of Phoenix's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 35 mm in January.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cactus Sap Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Cactus Sap Beetle sightings, Phoenix has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come San Diego (United States, under 5%) and Los Angeles (United States, under 5%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Cactus Sap Beetle that you can see in Phoenix (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Convergent Lady Beetle (about 10%), Figeater Beetle (about 10%) and Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cactus Sap Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Phoenix (5 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.
