Hycleus polymorphus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Hycleus polymorphus is a species of Blister Beetles belonging to the family Meloidae subfamily Meloinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hycleus polymorphus sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 187th most-seen of the 251 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.
June to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hycleus polymorphus in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hycleus polymorphus sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Hycleus polymorphus sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%), Vanoise National Park (France, about 10%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 10%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Hycleus polymorphus that you can see in Ecrins National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Eurasian Bee Beetle (about 20%), Paracorymbia hybrida (about 20%) and Cicindela gallica (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hycleus polymorphus is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (6 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.
