Chaetocnema brunnescens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Chaetocnema brunnescens, the buttonwood flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buttonwood Flea Beetle sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 201st most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buttonwood Flea Beetle in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and June–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buttonwood Flea Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Everglades National Park, in our data
Everglades National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Buttonwood Flea Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Chrysomelidae
The closest relatives of the Buttonwood Flea Beetle that you can see in Everglades National Park (family Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles) are Palmetto Tortoise Beetle (about 10%), Aethiopocassis scripta (about 10%) and Common Sieve Tortoise Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buttonwood Flea Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (15 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.
