Zonitis vittigera
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Zonitis vittigera, the brown blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Blister Beetle sighting in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 104th most-seen of the 189 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Blister Beetle in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–May, the lowest months. That is one of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain against 50 mm in March.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange Blister Beetle 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 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, in our data
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orange Blister Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Orange Blister Beetle that you can see in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Margined Leatherwing Beetle (about 10%), Asian Lady Beetle (about 10%) and Horned Passalus Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange Blister Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (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.
