Lytta nuttallii
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Riding Mountain National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nuttall's Blister Beetle sighting in Riding Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 85th most-seen of the 104 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.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nuttall's Blister Beetle in Riding Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. Those are among Riding Mountain National Park's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nuttall's Blister Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Nuttall's Blister Beetle sightings, Riding Mountain National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Rocky Mountain National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Nuttall's Blister Beetle that you can see in Riding Mountain National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%), Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (about 20%) and White-Spotted Sawyer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Nuttall's Blister Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Riding Mountain National Park (5 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.
