Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle

Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle

Stenurella melanura

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Cévennes National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

15 Verified sightings at Cévennes National Park From 2019 to 2026
261 In all 13 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle

Stenurella melanura is a flower longhorn beetle species of the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae. Stenurella melanura samai Rapuzzi, 1995 inq. This beetle is widespread in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Oriental realm, and in the Near East. It is present in Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

These beetles inhabit sunny forest edges, mixed coniferous forests, spruce pine forests and alpine and mountain pastures. Stenurella melanura can reach a length of 6–10 millimetres (0.24–0.39 in). This beetle... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~20%
2 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
~20%
3 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~20%
4 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~20%
5 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~20%
6 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
7 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
9 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
10 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
11 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
12 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
13 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~20%
2 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
3 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
4 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
5 Stockholm 🇸🇪 Sweden
~10%
6 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
7 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
8 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
9 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
~10%
10 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle in Cévennes National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 468th most-seen of the 996 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.

When is the best time to see a Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle in Cévennes National Park?

June to August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in October.

What time of day is best to see a Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Cévennes National Park the best place to see a Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle?

10th of 13

Of the 13 parks where we can rate Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria, about 20%), Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 20%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle live in Cévennes National Park?

Same genus: Stenurella

The closest relatives of the Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Stenurella) are Stenurella bifasciata (about 10%) and Small Black Longhorn Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (15 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.

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