Rustic Sailor Beetle

Rustic Sailor Beetle

Cantharis rustica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Stockholm

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

18 Verified sightings at Stockholm
216 In all 9 parks From 2019 to 2026
June 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 Stockholm?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rustic Sailor Beetle sighting in Stockholm on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 202 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 Stockholm?

June

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rustic Sailor Beetle in Stockholm on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months. That is one of Stockholm's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 35 mm in April.

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 Stockholm the best place to see a Rustic Sailor Beetle?

17th of 25

Of the 25 cities where we can rate Rustic Sailor Beetle sightings, Stockholm ranks 17th 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 Stockholm?

Same genus: Cantharis

The closest relatives of the Rustic Sailor Beetle that you can see in Stockholm (genus Cantharis) are Dark Sailor Beetle (about 10%), Cantharis livida (about 10%) and Cantharis obscura (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 Stockholm (18 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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