Black Snail Beetle

Black Snail Beetle

Silpha atrata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Vancouver

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

25 Verified sightings at Vancouver
121 In all 7 parks From 2019 to 2026
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~20%
2 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
~10%
3 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
4 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
5 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
6 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
2 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
3 Sofia 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
~10%
4 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
5 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
7 Minsk 🇧🇾 Belarus
~10%
8 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
9 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~10%
10 Stockholm 🇸🇪 Sweden
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Black Snail Beetle in Vancouver?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black Snail Beetle sighting in Vancouver on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 244th most-seen of the 482 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Black Snail Beetle in Vancouver?

January

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Snail Beetle in Vancouver on a given day, against under 5% in February to December, the lowest months. That is one of Vancouver's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against 25 mm in July.

What time of day is best to see a Black Snail Beetle?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Snail 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.

Is Vancouver the best place to see a Black Snail Beetle?

20th of 20

Of the 20 cities where we can rate Black Snail Beetle sightings, Vancouver ranks 20th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%), Helsinki (Finland, about 10%) and Sofia (Bulgaria, about 10%).

Where does the Black Snail Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Black Snail Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Vancouver (25 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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