Sciopithes obscurus
Silhouette: Janat Graham (photograph), T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Sciopithes obscurus, the Obscure root weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae, found in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Root Weevil sighting in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 71st most-seen of the 107 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.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Root Weevil in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–May, the lowest months. Those are among Pacific Rim National Park Reserve's driest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 470 mm in November.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Obscure Root Weevil sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, in our data
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Obscure Root Weevil sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Obscure Root Weevil is recorded against all the insects logged in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (7 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.
