Dorcus striatipennis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikko National Park | 🇯🇵 Japan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dorcus striatipennis sighting in Nikko National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 86 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.
July and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dorcus striatipennis in Nikko National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and September–November, the lowest months. Those are among Nikko National Park's wettest months, with about 230 mm of rain a month against 100 mm in November.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dorcus striatipennis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Nikko National Park, in our data
Nikko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dorcus striatipennis sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Dorcus
The closest relatives of the Dorcus striatipennis that you can see in Nikko National Park (genus Dorcus, Stag Beetles) are Little Stag Beetle (about 20%) and Dorcus rubrofemoratus (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dorcus striatipennis is recorded against all the insects logged in Nikko National Park (6 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.
