Otiorhynchus singularis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Otiorhynchus singularis, the clay-coloured weevil, is a species of weevil native to Europe. It attacks a range of trees and shrubs but the main hosts are currants, gooseberry, raspberry, hops, fir trees and Norway spruce. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 6 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 7 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clay-Coloured Weevil sighting in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, based on 6 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 to July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clay-Coloured Weevil in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Clay-Coloured Weevil sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Clay-Coloured Weevil sightings, Cairngorms National Park ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Snowdonia National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%), Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Canada, about 10%) and Great Bear Rainforest (Canada, about 10%).
Same family: Curculionidae
The closest relatives of the Clay-Coloured Weevil that you can see in Cairngorms National Park (family Curculionidae, True Weevils) are Large Pine Weevil (about 20%), Common Leaf Weevil (about 10%) and Nut Leaf Weevil (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Clay-Coloured Weevil is recorded against all the insects logged in Cairngorms National Park (6 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.
