Nicrophorus investigator
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Nicrophorus investigator is a burying beetle first described by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1824. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Sexton Beetle sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 964th most-seen of the 1115 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.
August to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Sexton Beetle in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Sexton Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Banded Sexton Beetle sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Cairngorms National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%), Great Bear Rainforest (Canada, about 10%) and Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Canada, about 10%).
Same genus: Nicrophorus
The closest relatives of the Banded Sexton Beetle that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (genus Nicrophorus, Burying Beetles) are Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle (about 10%), Vespillo Burying Beetle (about 10%) and Black Burying Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Sexton Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest 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.
