Dermestes laniarius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Dermestes laniarius is a species of beetle found in the Palearctic, including Europe, and North Africa. In Europe, it is known from Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, Finland, mainland France, Germany, Hungary, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, North Macedonia, mainland Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Former Yugoslavia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dermestes laniarius sighting in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 87th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dermestes laniarius in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September–March, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dermestes laniarius sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Dermestes laniarius sightings, Nizhny Novgorod ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%), Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and Bucharest (Romania, about 10%).
Same family: Dermestidae
The closest relatives of the Dermestes laniarius that you can see in Nizhny Novgorod (family Dermestidae, Skin Beetles) are Anthrenus picturatus (about 10%), Brown Carpet Beetle (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 Dermestes laniarius is recorded against all the insects logged in Nizhny Novgorod (16 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.
