Alosterna tabacicolor
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Alosterna tabacicolor, the tobacco-coloured longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in family Cerambycidae. In Europe in can be found in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. In Asia it can be found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea and Turkey. These beetles occur from the plains to the lower mountain ranges, especially in forests. In the southern Alps they also live in higher areas.
Alosterna tabacicolor can reach a body length of about 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in). These graceful longhorn beetles are slender, the head, the pronotum... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle sighting in Munich on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 254th most-seen of the 521 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.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle in Munich on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months. Those are among Munich's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 60 mm in February.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle sightings, Munich ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%), Vienna (Austria, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle that you can see in Munich (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Red Pine Longhorn Beetle (about 10%), Spotted Longhorn Beetle (about 10%) and Musk Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Munich (10 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.
