Flat-Headed Root-Borer

Flat-Headed Root-Borer

Capnodis tenebrionis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Athens

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

14 Verified sightings at Athens
56 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
2 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yerevan 🇦🇲 Armenia
~20%
2 Jerusalem 🇮🇱 Israel
~10%
3 Athens 🇬🇷 Greece
~10%
4 Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
5 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
6 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
7 Lisbon 🇵🇹 Portugal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Flat-Headed Root-Borer in Athens?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flat-Headed Root-Borer sighting in Athens on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 242 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Flat-Headed Root-Borer in Athens?

July

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Flat-Headed Root-Borer in Athens on a given day, against under 5% in November to March, the lowest months. That is one of Athens's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 85 mm in December.

What time of day is best to see a Flat-Headed Root-Borer?

Between 4 and 7 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flat-Headed Root-Borer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Athens the best place to see a Flat-Headed Root-Borer?

3rd of 7

Of the 7 cities where we can rate Flat-Headed Root-Borer sightings, Athens ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Yerevan (Armenia, about 20%) and Jerusalem (Israel, about 10%).

Where does the Flat-Headed Root-Borer sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Flat-Headed Root-Borer is recorded against all the insects logged in Athens (14 verified sightings), 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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