Silpha atrata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 2 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 3 | Sofia | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | |
| 4 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 7 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 8 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 10 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Snail Beetle sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 61 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 77th most-seen of the 838 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.
March to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Snail Beetle in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in November to February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Snail 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.
Among the best
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Black Snail Beetle sightings, Helsinki ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Snail Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (61 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.
