Rustic Sailor Beetle

Rustic Sailor Beetle

Cantharis rustica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Nizhny Novgorod

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

35 Verified sightings at Nizhny Novgorod
216 In all 9 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Rustic Sailor Beetle

Cantharis rustica, the rustic sailor beetle, is a species of soldier beetle found from Europe to Central Russia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
2 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
3 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
5 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~10%
8 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
9 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~20%
2 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~20%
3 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~20%
4 Sofia 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
~20%
5 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
6 Budapest 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
7 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
8 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
~10%
9 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~10%
10 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rustic Sailor Beetle in Nizhny Novgorod?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rustic Sailor Beetle sighting in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 28th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rustic Sailor Beetle in Nizhny Novgorod?

May and June

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rustic Sailor Beetle in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Rustic Sailor Beetle?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rustic Sailor Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Nizhny Novgorod the best place to see a Rustic Sailor Beetle?

16th of 25

Of the 25 cities where we can rate Rustic Sailor Beetle sightings, Nizhny Novgorod ranks 16th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 20%), Kyiv (Ukraine, about 20%) and Prague (Czechia, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Rustic Sailor Beetle live in Nizhny Novgorod?

Same genus: Cantharis

The closest relatives of the Rustic Sailor Beetle that you can see in Nizhny Novgorod (genus Cantharis) are Cantharis livida (about 10%), Dark Sailor Beetle (about 10%) and Grey Sailor Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Rustic Sailor Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rustic Sailor Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Nizhny Novgorod (35 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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