Carabus goryi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Carabus goryi, Gory's worm and slug hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America (Ontario, Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia), where it inhabits cool moist forests, orchards and cultivated fields.
Adults are brachypterous, gregarious and nocturnal. They prey on the larvae of Lymantria dispar and various soft bodied insect larvae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carabus goryi sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 334th most-seen of the 822 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March to July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carabus goryi in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carabus goryi sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Carabus goryi sightings, Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Shenandoah National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Carabidae
The closest relatives of the Carabus goryi that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (family Carabidae, Ground Beetles) are Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle (about 30%) and One-Spotted Tiger Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carabus goryi is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (13 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.
