Prosternon tessellatum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Prosternon tessellatum, the chequered click beetle, is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chequered Click Beetle sighting in Stockholm on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 144th most-seen of the 202 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.
May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chequered Click Beetle in Stockholm on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September–April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chequered Click 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.
2nd of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Chequered Click Beetle sightings, Stockholm ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Chequered Click Beetle that you can see in Stockholm (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 40%), Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Two-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chequered Click Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Stockholm (7 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.
