Cantharis nigricans
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 Kyiv on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 349th most-seen of the 753 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Sailor Beetle in Kyiv 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.
Among the best
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Grey Sailor Beetle sightings, Kyiv ranks 7th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%), 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 Kyiv (genus Cantharis) are Rustic Sailor Beetle (about 20%), Dark Sailor Beetle (about 10%) and Cantharis livida (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 Kyiv (15 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.
