Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle

Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle

Agrypnus murinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Copenhagen

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

8 Verified sightings at Copenhagen
193 In all 10 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle

Agrypnus murinus, known as the mottled dingy-brown click beetle, is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae subfamily Agrypninae. This beetle is present in most of Europe, the eastern Palearctic realm, the Near East and the Nearctic realm.

The dark-brown larvae of this beetle develop in the soil, eating roots, worms and larvae of other insects. The adults grow up to 10–17 millimetres (0.39–0.67 in) long and is mostly encountered from late April through June in open or mountain areas, low forests or grassland habitats, being sometimes dangerous for crops.

The whole body is grey-brown with greyish points and is covered with a thick pubescence, while legs and antennae are mainly reddish or dark-brown. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~20%
2 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
3 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
4 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
6 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
9 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
10 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Essen 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
2 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
3 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
4 Turin 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
5 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
6 Cologne 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
8 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~10%
9 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
10 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle in Copenhagen?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle sighting in Copenhagen on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 304th most-seen of the 476 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.

When is the best time to see a Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle in Copenhagen?

May and June

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle in Copenhagen on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle?

Between 3 and 6 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mottled Dingy-Brown 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.

Is Copenhagen the best place to see a Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle?

22nd of 24

Of the 24 cities where we can rate Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle sightings, Copenhagen ranks 22nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Essen (Germany, about 10%), Berlin (Germany, about 10%) and Hamburg (Germany, about 10%).

Where does the Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Mottled Dingy-Brown Click Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Copenhagen (8 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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