Nicrophorus investigator
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Nicrophorus investigator is a burying beetle first described by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1824. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Sexton Beetle sighting in Vancouver on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 200th most-seen of the 482 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.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Sexton Beetle in Vancouver on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Vancouver's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 210 mm in November.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Sexton Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Banded Sexton Beetle sightings, Vancouver ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Manchester (United Kingdom, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Sexton Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Vancouver (22 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.
