Cicindela oregona
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Cicindela oregona, also called the Western tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetles native to North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Tiger Beetle sighting in Olympic National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 72nd most-seen of the 207 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.
April–May and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Tiger Beetle in Olympic National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–March, 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 noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Tiger Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Western Tiger Beetle sightings, Olympic National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Canada, about 20%), Great Bear Rainforest (Canada, about 10%) and Zion National Park (United States, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Tiger Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Olympic National Park (21 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.
