Buprestis octoguttata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Buprestis octoguttata, commonly known as the eight-spotted jewel beetle, is a species of beetle native to Europe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Eight-Spotted Jewel Beetle sighting in Vienna on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 1090th most-seen of the 1406 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.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eight-Spotted Jewel Beetle in Vienna on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Vienna's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eight-Spotted Jewel Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Vienna, in our data
Vienna is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eight-Spotted Jewel Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Buprestidae
The closest relatives of the Eight-Spotted Jewel Beetle that you can see in Vienna (family Buprestidae, Jewel Beetles) are Anthaxia nitidula (about 10%), Anthaxia fulgurans (about 10%) and Dicerca berolinensis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eight-Spotted Jewel Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Vienna (8 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.
