Prosternon tessellatum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chequered Click Beetle sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 119th most-seen of the 838 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chequered Click Beetle in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in August to March, 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.
Yes
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Chequered Click Beetle sightings, Helsinki has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Stockholm (Sweden, under 5%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, under 5%).
Same family: Elateridae
The closest relatives of the Chequered Click Beetle that you can see in Helsinki (family Elateridae, Click Beetles) are Margined Click Beetle (about 10%), Hemicrepidius niger (about 10%) and Belted Click Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chequered Click Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (45 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.
