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Pentodon idiota
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pentodon idiota sighting in Bucharest on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 361 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.
May and June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pentodon idiota in Bucharest on a given day, against under 5% in April and November–February, the lowest months. Those are among Bucharest's wettest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 35 mm in February.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pentodon idiota sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Pentodon idiota sightings, Bucharest ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Budapest (Hungary, about 20%), Kyiv (Ukraine, about 20%) and Belgrade (Serbia, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Pentodon idiota that you can see in Bucharest (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are European Rhinoceros Beetle (about 20%), Mediterranean Spotted Chafer (about 10%) and European Rose Chafer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pentodon idiota is recorded against all the insects logged in Bucharest (22 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.
