Laemostenus complanatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Laemostenus complanatus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 6 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 219th most-seen of the 344 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cosmopolitan 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 Table Mountain National Park, in our data
Table Mountain National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Carabidae
The closest relatives of the Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Carabidae, Ground Beetles) are Tenspot Ground Beetle (about 10%) and Table Mountain Staglike Ground Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (11 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.
