Mylabris variabilis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Mylabris variabilis is a species of blister beetle belonging to the Meloidae family. Mylabris variabilis var. sturmi Baudi This common species is present in most of Southern Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula to southern Russia. It can also be found in Caucaus and Transcaucasia, Near East and northern Levant, Middle East and Central Asia and Siberia.
Mylabris variabilis can reach a body length of 8–20 millimetres (0.31–0.79 in). These beetles have a cylindrical, elongate body with relatively convex, yellow-orange elytra and wide transverse black wavy stripes. Head is square shaped, with a flat forehead. Antennae are black and long with eleven segments. Pronotum is long and wide, with parallel sides. The size of the black markings and the color of elytra are very variable (hence the specie name variabilis). The color of their elytra can range from a yellow, to orange to a light brown. Normally they have three black bands. The 1st and 2nd bands are sometimes divided into four distinct... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mylabris variabilis sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 87 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 69th most-seen of the 996 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mylabris variabilis in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. That is one of Cévennes National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 260 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mylabris variabilis sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Mylabris variabilis sightings, Cévennes National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 20%).
Same genus: Mylabris
The closest relatives of the Mylabris variabilis that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Mylabris, Northern Blisterbeetles) are Mylabris connata (about 20%) and Four-Spotted Blisterbeetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mylabris variabilis is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (87 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.
