Pelargoderus rubropunctatus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Pelargoderus rubropunctatus is a species of beetle belonging to Lamiini tribe of the longhorn beetle family, Cerambycidae, first described in 1831 by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville as Lamia rubropunctatus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pelargoderus rubropunctatus sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 64th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pelargoderus rubropunctatus in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pelargoderus rubropunctatus sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pelargoderus rubropunctatus sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Pelargoderus rubropunctatus that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Batocera frenchi (about 20%), Acalolepta aesthetica (about 10%) and Tmesisternus monticola (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pelargoderus rubropunctatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (37 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
