Dicaelus purpuratus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Dicaelus purpuratus is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Notch-Mouthed Ground Beetle sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 628th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Notch-Mouthed Ground Beetle in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–June, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Notch-Mouthed Ground 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.
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 Notch-Mouthed Ground Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Carabidae
The closest relatives of the Notch-Mouthed Ground Beetle that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (family Carabidae, Ground Beetles) are Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle (about 30%), One-Spotted Tiger Beetle (about 10%) and Carabus goryi (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Notch-Mouthed Ground Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (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.
