Grey Sailor Beetle

Grey Sailor Beetle

Cantharis nigricans

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Yekaterinburg

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

6 Verified sightings at Yekaterinburg
27 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Grey Sailor Beetle

Cantharis nigricans is a species of soldier beetle native to Europe. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
2 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
2 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
3 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
4 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
6 Minsk 🇧🇾 Belarus
~10%
7 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
8 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
9 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
10 Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Grey Sailor Beetle in Yekaterinburg?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Sailor Beetle sighting in Yekaterinburg on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 112th most-seen of the 155 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 Grey Sailor Beetle in Yekaterinburg?

June

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey Sailor Beetle in Yekaterinburg on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Yekaterinburg's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 25 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Grey Sailor Beetle?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey Sailor 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 Yekaterinburg the best place to see a Grey Sailor Beetle?

13th of 16

Of the 16 cities where we can rate Grey Sailor Beetle sightings, Yekaterinburg ranks 13th at under 5%. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%), Manchester (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Warsaw (Poland, about 10%).

Where does the Grey Sailor Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Grey Sailor Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Yekaterinburg (6 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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