Cantharis obscura
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Cantharis obscura is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cantharis obscura sighting in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 260th most-seen of the 300 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 and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cantharis obscura in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cantharis obscura sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cairngorms National Park, in our data
Cairngorms National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cantharis obscura sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Cantharis
The closest relatives of the Cantharis obscura that you can see in Cairngorms National Park (genus Cantharis) are Grey Sailor Beetle (about 10%) and Cantharis pellucida (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cantharis obscura is recorded against all the insects logged in Cairngorms 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.
