Buprestis intricata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Buprestis intricata 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 |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Buprestis intricata sighting in Yosemite National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 159th 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 and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buprestis intricata in Yosemite National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. Those are among Yosemite National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 220 mm in January.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buprestis intricata sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 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 intricata sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Buprestis
The closest relatives of the Buprestis intricata 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 intricata is recorded against all the insects logged in Yosemite National Park (19 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.
