Apiomerus spissipes
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Apiomerus spissipes is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padre Island National Seashore | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plains Bee Assassin sighting in Padre Island National Seashore on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 74 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.
July and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Plains Bee Assassin in Padre Island National Seashore on a given day, against under 5% in June, August and October–April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plains Bee Assassin 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 Padre Island National Seashore, in our data
Padre Island National Seashore is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Plains Bee Assassin sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Plains Bee Assassin that you can see in Padre Island National Seashore (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Scrub Cicada (about 10%), Rice Stink Bug (about 10%) and Large Milkweed Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plains Bee Assassin is recorded against all the insects logged in Padre Island National Seashore (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.
