Agaeocera scintillans
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Agaeocera scintillans is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Agaeocera scintillans sighting in Saguaro National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 144th most-seen of the 354 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Agaeocera scintillans in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months. Those are among Saguaro National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against almost none in May.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Agaeocera scintillans sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Saguaro National Park, in our data
Saguaro National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Agaeocera scintillans sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Buprestidae
The closest relatives of the Agaeocera scintillans that you can see in Saguaro National Park (family Buprestidae, Jewel Beetles) are Acmaeodera alicia (about 10%), Acmaeodera gibbula (about 10%) and Gyascutus caelatus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Agaeocera scintillans is recorded against all the insects logged in Saguaro National Park (15 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.
