Rustic Sailor Beetle

Rustic Sailor Beetle

Cantharis rustica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Fertő-Hanság National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

6 Verified sightings at Fertő-Hanság National Park From 2019 to 2026
216 In all 9 parks
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Rustic Sailor Beetle

Cantharis rustica, the rustic sailor beetle, is a species of soldier beetle found from Europe to Central Russia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
2 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
3 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
5 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~10%
8 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
9 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~20%
2 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~20%
3 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~20%
4 Sofia 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
~20%
5 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
6 Budapest 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
7 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
8 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
~10%
9 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~10%
10 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rustic Sailor Beetle in Fertő-Hanság National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rustic Sailor Beetle sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd 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.

When is the best time to see a Rustic Sailor Beetle in Fertő-Hanság National Park?

April to June

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rustic Sailor Beetle in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to March, the lowest months.

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

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rustic Sailor 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.

Where does the Rustic Sailor Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rustic Sailor Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Fertő-Hanság National Park (6 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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