Gibbifer californicus
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Cypherotylus californicus, known commonly as the blue fungus beetle or blue pleasing fungus beetle, is a species of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae. It is recorded from Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Kansas in the United States, and the Mexican state of Sonora. The elytra are blue with black dots, with the blue turning gray as they age. The adult beetles typically are about 1.4–1.8 cm (0.6–0.7 in) long. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Fungus Beetle sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 109 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 191 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Fungus Beetle in Rocky Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue Fungus Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Rocky Mountain National Park, in our data
Rocky Mountain National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue Fungus Beetle sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Blue Fungus Beetle that you can see in Rocky Mountain National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are White-Spotted Sawyer (about 30%), Ornate Checkered Beetle (about 20%) and Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue Fungus Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Rocky Mountain National Park (109 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.
