Cantharis nigricans
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Cantharis nigricans is a species of soldier beetle native to Europe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 7 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Sailor Beetle sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 402nd 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.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Sailor Beetle in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Sailor Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Grey Sailor Beetle sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cairngorms National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same genus: Cantharis
The closest relatives of the Grey Sailor Beetle that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (genus Cantharis) are Rustic Sailor Beetle (about 10%), Dark Sailor Beetle (about 10%) and Cantharis livida (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey Sailor Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (14 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.
