Flat-Headed Root-Borer

Flat-Headed Root-Borer

Capnodis tenebrionis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Madrid

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

37 Verified sightings at Madrid
56 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
2 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yerevan 🇦🇲 Armenia
~20%
2 Jerusalem 🇮🇱 Israel
~10%
3 Athens 🇬🇷 Greece
~10%
4 Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
5 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
6 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
7 Lisbon 🇵🇹 Portugal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Flat-Headed Root-Borer in Madrid?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flat-Headed Root-Borer sighting in Madrid on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 106th most-seen of the 457 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Flat-Headed Root-Borer in Madrid?

April–May and July–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flat-Headed Root-Borer in Madrid on a given day, against under 5% in June and December–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Flat-Headed Root-Borer?

Between 4 and 7 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flat-Headed Root-Borer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Madrid the best place to see a Flat-Headed Root-Borer?

4th of 7

Of the 7 cities where we can rate Flat-Headed Root-Borer sightings, Madrid ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yerevan (Armenia, about 20%), Jerusalem (Israel, about 10%) and Athens (Greece, about 10%).

Where does the Flat-Headed Root-Borer sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Flat-Headed Root-Borer is recorded against all the insects logged in Madrid (37 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.

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