Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle

Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle

Anastrangalia laetifica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

12 Verified sightings at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks From 2019 to 2026
68 In all 2 parks
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle

Anastrangalia laetifica, the dimorphic flower longhorn, is a species of beetle from family Cerambycidae found in Canada, United States, and Mexico. The male elytras are all black, while the females have 4 black dots on their red coloured elytra. They feed on Frasera albicaulis. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
2 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Portland 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 161 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?

May and June

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months. Those are among Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dimorphic Flower Longhorn 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.

Is Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks the best place to see a Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle?

Among the best

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Yosemite National Park (United States, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle live in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?

Same family: Cerambycidae

The closest relatives of the Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle that you can see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are White-Spotted Sawyer (about 40%), California Root Borer (about 10%) and Judolia instabilis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (12 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.

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