Schizotus pectinicornis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 4 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarce Cardinal Beetle sighting in Warsaw on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 247th most-seen of the 580 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March to May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarce Cardinal Beetle in Warsaw on a given day, against under 5% in June to February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarce Cardinal 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.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Scarce Cardinal Beetle sightings, Warsaw ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%).
Same family: Pyrochroidae
The closest relatives of the Scarce Cardinal Beetle that you can see in Warsaw (family Pyrochroidae, Fire-colored Beetles) are Common Cardinal Beetle (about 10%) and Black-Headed Cardinal Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarce Cardinal Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Warsaw (14 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.
