Cicindela oregona
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Cicindela oregona, also called the Western tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetles native to North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Tiger Beetle sighting in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, based on 97 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 235 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Western Tiger Beetle in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. That is one of Great Bear Rainforest's driest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 480 mm in November.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Tiger Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Western Tiger Beetle sightings, Great Bear Rainforest ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Canada, about 20%).
Same family: Carabidae
The closest relatives of the Western Tiger Beetle that you can see in Great Bear Rainforest (family Carabidae, Ground Beetles) are Narrow-Collared Snail-Eating Beetle (about 20%), Cychrus tuberculatus (about 10%) and Bronze Ground Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Tiger Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Bear Rainforest (97 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.
