Obscure Carrion Beetle

Obscure Carrion Beetle

Silpha obscura

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Moscow

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

110 Verified sightings at Moscow
27 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~10%
2 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
3 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
4 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~20%
2 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~20%
3 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
4 Minsk 🇧🇾 Belarus
~10%
5 Kazan 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
6 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
7 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
8 Istanbul 🇹🇷 Turkey
~10%
9 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
10 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Obscure Carrion Beetle in Moscow?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Carrion Beetle sighting in Moscow on a given day, based on 110 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 87th most-seen of the 1111 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.

When is the best time to see an Obscure Carrion Beetle in Moscow?

May to August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Carrion Beetle in Moscow on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Obscure Carrion Beetle?

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.

Is Moscow the best place to see an Obscure Carrion Beetle?

7th of 10

Of the 10 cities where we can rate Obscure Carrion Beetle sightings, Moscow ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 20%), Kyiv (Ukraine, about 20%) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia, about 10%).

Where does the Obscure Carrion Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Obscure Carrion Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Moscow (110 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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