Phodaga alticeps
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Phodaga alticeps is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Phodaga alticeps sighting in Death Valley National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 108 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.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Phodaga alticeps in Death Valley National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Phodaga alticeps sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Death Valley National Park, in our data
Death Valley National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Phodaga alticeps sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Meloidae
The closest relatives of the Phodaga alticeps that you can see in Death Valley National Park (family Meloidae, Blister Beetles) are Master Blister Beetle (about 40%), Inflated Beetle (about 30%) and Eupompha schwarzi (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Phodaga alticeps is recorded against all the insects logged in Death Valley National Park (23 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.
