Orange-Banded Clerid

Orange-Banded Clerid

Enoclerus ichneumoneus

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

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

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

About the Orange-Banded Clerid

Enoclerus ichneumoneus is a species of checkered beetle in the family Cleridae. 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.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Washington 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Orange-Banded Clerid in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Banded Clerid sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 11 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 an Orange-Banded Clerid in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

March, June and October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Banded Clerid in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July–September and November–February, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Orange-Banded Clerid?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Banded Clerid sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see an Orange-Banded Clerid?

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 Orange-Banded Clerid sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Orange-Banded Clerid live in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

Same order: Coleoptera

The closest relatives of the Orange-Banded Clerid that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Megalodacne heros (about 40%), Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%) and Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Orange-Banded Clerid sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Orange-Banded Clerid is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (11 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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