Scaphidium quadrimaculatum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Scaphidium quadrimaculatum, common name orange-spotted scaphidium or shining fungus beetle, is a species of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae subfamily Scaphidiinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Spotted Scaphidium sighting in Berlin on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 562nd most-seen of the 1065 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Spotted Scaphidium in Berlin on a given day, against under 5% in June–October and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Spotted Scaphidium sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Orange-Spotted Scaphidium sightings, Berlin ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Sofia (Bulgaria, about 10%), Warsaw (Poland, under 5%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, under 5%).
Same family: Staphylinidae
The closest relatives of the Orange-Spotted Scaphidium that you can see in Berlin (family Staphylinidae, Rove Beetles) are Devil's Coach Horse Beetle (about 10%) and Platydracus stercorarius (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-Spotted Scaphidium is recorded against all the insects logged in Berlin (13 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.
