Galapaganus howdenae
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Galapaganus howdenae sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Galapaganus howdenae in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month. That is one of Galápagos Islands's wettest months, with about 30 mm of rain against almost none in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Galapaganus howdenae sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Galápagos Islands, in our data
Galápagos Islands is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Galapaganus howdenae sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Galapaganus howdenae that you can see in Galápagos Islands (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Spotless Lady Beetle (about 20%), Six-Spotted Zigzag Ladybird (about 20%) and Calosoma granatense (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Galapaganus howdenae is recorded against all the insects logged in Galápagos Islands (54 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.
