Prosternon tessellatum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Prosternon tessellatum, the chequered click beetle, is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chequered Click Beetle sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 616th most-seen of the 811 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 June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chequered Click Beetle in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chequered Click Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Chequered Click Beetle sightings, Birmingham ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%), Stockholm (Sweden, under 5%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chequered Click Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (7 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.
