Diaperis boleti
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Diaperis boleti sighting in Kyiv on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 89th most-seen of the 753 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Diaperis boleti in Kyiv on a given day, against under 5% in November to April, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Diaperis boleti sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Diaperis boleti sightings, Kyiv ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 20%).
Same family: Tenebrionidae
The closest relatives of the Diaperis boleti that you can see in Kyiv (family Tenebrionidae, Darkling Beetles) are Sulphur Beetle (about 10%), Opatrum sabulosum (about 10%) and Stenomax aeneus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Diaperis boleti is recorded against all the insects logged in Kyiv (46 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.
