Dermestes laniarius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Dermestes laniarius is a species of beetle found in the Palearctic, including Europe, and North Africa. In Europe, it is known from Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, Finland, mainland France, Germany, Hungary, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, North Macedonia, mainland Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Former Yugoslavia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dermestes laniarius sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 116th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dermestes laniarius in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and August–February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dermestes laniarius sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Fertő-Hanság National Park, in our data
Fertő-Hanság National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dermestes laniarius sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Dermestes laniarius that you can see in Fertő-Hanság National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%), Dorcadion aethiops (about 20%) and Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dermestes laniarius is recorded against all the insects logged in Fertő-Hanság National Park (8 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.
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