Platydracus maculosus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Rove Beetle sighting in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 201st most-seen of the 723 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.
April–June and August–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Rove Beetle in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and November–March, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Rove 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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Brown Rove Beetle sightings, Shenandoah National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Great Smoky Mountains National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Staphylinidae
The closest relatives of the Brown Rove Beetle that you can see in Shenandoah National Park (family Staphylinidae, Rove Beetles) are American Carrion Beetle (about 20%), Tomentose Burying Beetle (about 10%) and Margined Carrion Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Rove Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Shenandoah National Park (18 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.
