Buprestis adjecta
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Buprestis adjecta is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Buprestis adjecta sighting in Yosemite National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 174th most-seen of the 227 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.
July–August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buprestis adjecta in Yosemite National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–June, the lowest months. Those are among Yosemite National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 220 mm in January.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buprestis adjecta sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Yosemite National Park, in our data
Yosemite National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Buprestis adjecta sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Buprestis
The closest relatives of the Buprestis adjecta that you can see in Yosemite National Park (genus Buprestis) are Golden Buprestid Beetle (about 10%) and Pink-Faced Jewel Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buprestis adjecta is recorded against all the insects logged in Yosemite National Park (13 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.
