Metallus capitalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Metallus capitalis sighting in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th most-seen of the 235 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.
September and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Metallus capitalis in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, against under 5% in November to August, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Metallus capitalis sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Bear Rainforest, in our data
Great Bear Rainforest is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Metallus capitalis sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Metallus capitalis that you can see in Great Bear Rainforest (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee (about 30%), Sitka Bumble Bee (about 20%) and Black-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Metallus capitalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Bear Rainforest (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.
