Belly-Banded Flea Beetle

Belly-Banded Flea Beetle

Capraita subvittata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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

13 Verified sightings at Great Smoky Mountains National Park From 2019 to 2026
13 In 1 park
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Belly-Banded Flea Beetle

Capraita subvittata is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Belly-Banded Flea Beetle in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Belly-Banded Flea Beetle sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 379th most-seen of the 822 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 Belly-Banded Flea Beetle in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

April, June–July and September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Belly-Banded Flea Beetle in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, August and October–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Belly-Banded Flea Beetle?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Belly-Banded Flea Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Belly-Banded Flea Beetle?

Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Belly-Banded Flea Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Belly-Banded Flea Beetle live in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

Same family: Chrysomelidae

The closest relatives of the Belly-Banded Flea Beetle that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (family Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles) are Spotted Cucumber Beetle (about 20%), Sumitrosis inaequalis (about 10%) and Dogbane Leaf Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Belly-Banded Flea Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Belly-Banded Flea Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (13 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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