Carabus hortensis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Carabus hortensis, the garden ground beetle, is a species of beetle in the Oreocarabus subgenus which can be found throughout Europe but is rarer in the extreme southwest. It is common in the Middle East. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carabus hortensis sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 585th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carabus hortensis in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carabus hortensis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Carabus hortensis sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Białowieża National Park (Poland, about 20%).
Same genus: Carabus
The closest relatives of the Carabus hortensis that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (genus Carabus, Worm and Slug Hunters) are Blue Ground Beetle (about 20%), Carabus auronitens (about 20%) and Violet Ground Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carabus hortensis is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest 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.
