Cychrus caraboides
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Cychrus caraboides is a species of ground beetle. It is found in Belarus, Benelux, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, Estonia, Finland, mainland France, Hungary, the Republic of Ireland, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Moldova, Northern Ireland, Romania, Russia, mainland Spain, Ukraine, Scandinavia, the Balkans, and everywhere in Central Europe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Snail Hunter 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.
April and June–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Snail Hunter in Cairngorms National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and October–March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Snail Hunter sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 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 Snail Hunter sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Carabidae
The closest relatives of the Snail Hunter that you can see in Cairngorms National Park (family Carabidae, Ground Beetles) are Green Tiger Beetle (about 30%), Smooth Ground Beetle (about 30%) and Rough Violet Ground Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Snail Hunter 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.
