Prosternon tessellatum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Prosternon tessellatum, the chequered click beetle, is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chequered Click Beetle sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 251 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chequered Click Beetle in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chequered Click 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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Chequered Click Beetle sightings, Ecrins National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%) and Wadden Sea National Park (Germany, under 5%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Chequered Click Beetle that you can see in Ecrins National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Eurasian Bee Beetle (about 20%), Paracorymbia hybrida (about 20%) and Cicindela gallica (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chequered Click Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
