Silpha obscura
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 2 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 5 | Kazan | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Istanbul | 🇹🇷 Turkey | |
| 9 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Carrion Beetle sighting in Kyiv on a given day, based on 157 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 753 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Carrion Beetle in Kyiv on a given day, against under 5% in November to February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Obscure Carrion Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Obscure Carrion Beetle sightings, Kyiv ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 20%).
Same genus: Silpha
The closest relatives of the Obscure Carrion Beetle that you can see in Kyiv (genus Silpha) are Black Snail Beetle (about 10%) and Sad Carrion Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Obscure Carrion Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Kyiv (157 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.
