Epistomentis pictus
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Epistomentis pictus sighting in Nahuel Huapi National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 39 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Epistomentis pictus in Nahuel Huapi National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to November, the lowest months. That is one of Nahuel Huapi National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 310 mm in June.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Epistomentis pictus sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Nahuel Huapi National Park, in our data
Nahuel Huapi National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Epistomentis pictus sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Epistomentis pictus that you can see in Nahuel Huapi National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 20%), Adalia deficiens (about 20%) and Rhyephenes maillei (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Epistomentis pictus is recorded against all the insects logged in Nahuel Huapi National Park (18 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.
