Calosoma vagans
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Calosoma vagans, the roaming caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. It was described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean. This species is found in Argentina, Chile and Peru, where it inhabits areas with cold winters.
Adults are nocturnal. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Roaming Caterpiller Hunter sighting in Santiago on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 88th most-seen of the 173 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Roaming Caterpiller Hunter in Santiago on a given day, against under 5% in January to July, the lowest months.
Only Santiago, in our data
Santiago is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Roaming Caterpiller Hunter sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Roaming Caterpiller Hunter that you can see in Santiago (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 40%), Eriopis chilensis (about 30%) and Variegated Lady Beetle (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Roaming Caterpiller Hunter is recorded against all the insects logged in Santiago (12 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.
