Attagenus smirnovi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Attagenus smirnovi, the brown carpet beetle, is a species of beetle from the family Dermestidae. It is a synanthropic pest which lives in human buildings, homes and museums and eats wool-textiles, carpets, skin and fur. Due to its specific epithet smirnovi, the beetle is also known in the United Kingdom as the 'Vodka beetle', after the Smirnoff brand of vodka. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 2 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 4 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 5 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 6 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 7 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 8 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 9 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Carpet Beetle sighting in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 74th most-seen of the 405 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.
August to April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Carpet Beetle in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, against under 5% in May to July, the lowest months.
Among the best
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Brown Carpet Beetle sightings, Nizhny Novgorod ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same family: Dermestidae
The closest relatives of the Brown Carpet Beetle that you can see in Nizhny Novgorod (family Dermestidae, Skin Beetles) are Anthrenus picturatus (about 10%), Dermestes laniarius (about 10%) and Megatoma tianschanica (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Carpet Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Nizhny Novgorod (17 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.
