Melanopleurus belfragei
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Melanopleurus belfragei, the redcoat seed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Redcoat Seed Bug sighting in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 121st most-seen of the 190 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Redcoat Seed Bug in Joshua Tree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to August, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Redcoat Seed Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Joshua Tree National Park, in our data
Joshua Tree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Redcoat Seed Bug sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lygaeidae
The closest relatives of the Redcoat Seed Bug that you can see in Joshua Tree National Park (family Lygaeidae, Seed Bugs) are Small Milkweed Bug (about 10%), Large Milkweed Bug (about 10%) and Charcoal Seed Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Redcoat Seed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Joshua Tree National Park (9 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.
