Calosoma schayeri
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Calosoma schayeri (green carab beetle or saffron beetle) is a species of Carabidae that occurs in Australia. Like most Carabidae the larvae are predaceous. It is quite active at night when it is found hunting for slow-moving prey such as caterpillars. If handled it gives off an unpleasant scent. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Carab Beetle sighting in Perth on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 129th most-seen of the 275 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.
September to November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Carab Beetle in Perth on a given day, against under 5% in December to August, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Carab 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.
Only Perth, in our data
Perth is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green Carab Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Carab Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Perth (14 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.
