Cantharis nigricans
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Cantharis nigricans is a species of soldier beetle native to Europe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 7 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Sailor Beetle sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 63 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 84th 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.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Sailor Beetle in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Sailor 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 16 cities where we can rate Grey Sailor Beetle sightings, Helsinki has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Manchester (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Warsaw (Poland, about 10%).
Same genus: Cantharis
The closest relatives of the Grey Sailor Beetle that you can see in Helsinki (genus Cantharis) are Rustic Sailor Beetle (about 10%), Cantharis obscura (about 10%) and Dark Sailor Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey Sailor Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (63 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.
