Collops bipunctatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Collops bipunctatus, also known as the two-spotted melyrid or two-spotted flower beetle, is a species of soft-winged flower beetle in the family Melyridae. It is found mainly in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Two-Spotted Melyrid sighting in Grand Canyon National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 110th most-seen of the 143 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Two-Spotted Melyrid in Grand Canyon National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Two-Spotted Melyrid sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Grand Canyon National Park, in our data
Grand Canyon National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Two-Spotted Melyrid sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Two-Spotted Melyrid that you can see in Grand Canyon National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Convergent Lady Beetle (about 20%), Obscure Darkling Beetle (about 20%) and Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Two-Spotted Melyrid is recorded against all the insects logged in Grand Canyon National Park (7 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.
