Stenurella melanura
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Stenurella melanura is a flower longhorn beetle species of the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae. Stenurella melanura samai Rapuzzi, 1995 inq. This beetle is widespread in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Oriental realm, and in the Near East. It is present in Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
These beetles inhabit sunny forest edges, mixed coniferous forests, spruce pine forests and alpine and mountain pastures. Stenurella melanura can reach a length of 6–10 millimetres (0.24–0.39 in). This beetle... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 2 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 5 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 12 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 199th most-seen of the 243 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Striped Longhorn 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.
11th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle sightings, Fertő-Hanság National Park ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria, about 20%), Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 20%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 20%).
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle that you can see in Fertő-Hanság National Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Dorcadion aethiops (about 20%), Capricorn Beetle (about 10%) and Echinocerus floralis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Striped Longhorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Fertő-Hanság National Park (5 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.
