Silpha tristis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Silpha tristis is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America. It was described in 1798 by the German entomologist Illiger. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 4 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 5 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sad Carrion Beetle sighting in Saint Petersburg on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 448 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.
June to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sad Carrion Beetle in Saint Petersburg on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sad Carrion Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Sad Carrion Beetle sightings, Saint Petersburg ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Montreal (Canada, about 10%), Warsaw (Poland, about 10%) and Minsk (Belarus, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sad Carrion Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Saint Petersburg (47 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.
