Abax parallelepipedus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Abax parallelepipedus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe, where it is found in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, mainland France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia (doubtful), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, mainland Norway, Poland, central and southern Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. The species is also an introduced species in North America, where it was first detected in 1965. American records are from Atlantic Canada and Jamaica. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Abax parallelepipedus sighting in London on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 660th most-seen of the 1504 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.
March–April and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Abax parallelepipedus in London on a given day, against under 5% in May–October and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Abax parallelepipedus sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Abax parallelepipedus sightings, London ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, under 5%).
Same family: Carabidae
The closest relatives of the Abax parallelepipedus that you can see in London (family Carabidae, Ground Beetles) are Black Clock (about 10%) and Paradromius linearis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Abax parallelepipedus is recorded against all the insects logged in London (29 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.
