Cylindera unipunctata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Apterodela unipunctata, the one-spotted tiger beetle, is a species of flashy tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in North America. This species was formerly in the genus Cylindera. It has a Nearctic distribution and lives in open forest and leaf litter. It is believed to be the sister taxon to Apterodela ovipennis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a One-Spotted Tiger Beetle sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 43 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 119th most-seen of the 822 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a One-Spotted Tiger Beetle in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most One-Spotted Tiger Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 One-Spotted Tiger Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Carabidae
The closest relatives of the One-Spotted Tiger Beetle that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (family Carabidae, Ground Beetles) are Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle (about 30%) 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 One-Spotted Tiger Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (43 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.
