Chlaenius aestivus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Chlaenius aestivus is a species of beetle in the genus Chlaenius. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Summer Harp Ground Beetle sighting in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 630th most-seen of the 723 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.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Summer Harp Ground Beetle in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, June–August and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Summer Harp Ground Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Shenandoah National Park, in our data
Shenandoah National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Summer Harp Ground Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Carabidae
The closest relatives of the Summer Harp Ground Beetle that you can see in Shenandoah National Park (family Carabidae, Ground Beetles) are Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle (about 20%), Carabus goryi (about 10%) and Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Summer Harp Ground Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Shenandoah National Park (5 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.
