Platyceroides aeneus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Platyceroides aeneus is a species of stag beetle in the family Lucanidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Platyceroides aeneus sighting in Olympic National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 150th most-seen of the 207 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.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Platyceroides aeneus in Olympic National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months. Those are among Olympic National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 370 mm in November.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Platyceroides aeneus sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Olympic National Park, in our data
Olympic National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Platyceroides aeneus sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lucanidae
The closest relatives of the Platyceroides aeneus that you can see in Olympic National Park (family Lucanidae, Stag Beetles) are Ceruchus striatus (about 10%) and Rugose Stag Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Platyceroides aeneus is recorded against all the insects logged in Olympic National Park (8 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.
