Heterosilpha ramosa
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Heterosilpha ramosa, the garden carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Carrion Beetle sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 172nd most-seen of the 191 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Garden Carrion Beetle in Rocky Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July, September and November–April, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Garden Carrion 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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Garden Carrion Beetle sightings, Rocky Mountain National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Channel Islands National Park (United States, about 10%) and Yellowstone National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Garden Carrion Beetle that you can see in Rocky Mountain National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are White-Spotted Sawyer (about 30%), Blue Fungus Beetle (about 20%) and Ornate Checkered Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Garden Carrion Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Rocky Mountain National Park (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.
