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Pentodon idiota
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pentodon idiota sighting in Kyiv on a given day, based on 95 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 34th most-seen of the 753 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pentodon idiota in Kyiv on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–March, the lowest months. That is one of Kyiv's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 40 mm in April.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pentodon idiota sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Pentodon idiota sightings, Kyiv ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Budapest (Hungary, about 20%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Pentodon idiota that you can see in Kyiv (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are European Rose Chafer (about 30%), Mediterranean Spotted Chafer (about 30%) and Valgus hemipterus (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pentodon idiota is recorded against all the insects logged in Kyiv (95 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.
