Margined Warrior Beetle

Margined Warrior Beetle

Pasimachus marginatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Everglades National Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

6 Verified sightings at Everglades National Park From 2019 to 2026
6 In 1 park
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Margined Warrior Beetle

Pasimachus marginatus is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Miami 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Margined Warrior Beetle in Everglades National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Margined Warrior Beetle sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 396th most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Margined Warrior Beetle in Everglades National Park?

April and October–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Margined Warrior Beetle in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and December–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Margined Warrior Beetle?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Margined Warrior Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Margined Warrior Beetle?

Only Everglades National Park, in our data

Everglades National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Margined Warrior Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Margined Warrior Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Margined Warrior Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades 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.

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