Mylabris variabilis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mylabris variabilis sighting in Budapest on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 84th most-seen of the 404 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mylabris variabilis in Budapest on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months. That is one of Budapest's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 40 mm in January.
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.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Mylabris variabilis sightings, Budapest has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Lyon (France, about 10%) and Vienna (Austria, under 5%).
Same family: Meloidae
The closest relatives of the Mylabris variabilis that you can see in Budapest (family Meloidae, Blister Beetles) are Black Oil Beetle (about 10%), Epicauta rufidorsum (about 10%) and Apalus bimaculatus (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 Budapest (28 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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