Typhaeus typhoeus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Typhaeus typhoeus, the minotaur beetle, is a beetle in the family Geotrupidae, also referred to as earth-boring dung beetles. They are native to Europe. The beetle is named after the Typhon, a giant of Greek mythology. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Minotaur Beetle sighting in London on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 605th 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.
January–February, May and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Minotaur Beetle in London on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Minotaur Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Minotaur Beetle sightings, London ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Porto (Portugal, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Minotaur Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in London (30 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.
