Ctenicera cuprea
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Ctenicera cuprea is a species of click beetles native to Europe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Copper Click Beetle sighting in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 74th most-seen of the 300 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Copper Click Beetle 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 Copper Click Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Copper Click Beetle sightings, Cairngorms National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Snowdonia National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Copper Click Beetle that you can see in Cairngorms National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Woodland Dor Beetle (about 40%), Two-Banded Longhorn Beetle (about 30%) and Green Tiger Beetle (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Copper Click Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Cairngorms National Park (23 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.
