Ablattaria arenaria
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Ablattaria arenaria, the snail hunter, is a beetle in the carrion beetle family Silphidae which preys on snails. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean. Adults become active in the spring, and the activity's start time is influenced by relative humidity. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Tel Aviv | 🇮🇱 Israel |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ablattaria arenaria sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 62 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 24th most-seen of the 264 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ablattaria arenaria in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in January, June–September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Tel Aviv's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain against almost none in August.
Only Tel Aviv, in our data
Tel Aviv is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ablattaria arenaria sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Ablattaria arenaria that you can see in Tel Aviv (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Oxythyrea noemi (about 40%), Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 30%) and Asian Lady Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ablattaria arenaria is recorded against all the insects logged in Tel Aviv (62 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.
