Abax parallelepipedus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Abax parallelepipedus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe, where it is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, mainland France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia (doubtful), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, mainland Norway, Poland, central and southern Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. The species is also an introduced species in North America, where it was first detected in 1965. American records are from Atlantic Canada and Jamaica. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Abax parallelepipedus sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 471st most-seen of the 1115 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
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Abax parallelepipedus in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–March, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Abax parallelepipedus sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Abax parallelepipedus sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Pyrénées National Park (France, under 5%).
Same family: Carabidae
The closest relatives of the Abax parallelepipedus that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (family Carabidae, Ground Beetles) are Blue Ground Beetle (about 20%), Carabus auronitens (about 20%) and Green Tiger Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Abax parallelepipedus is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest 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.
