Carabus purpurascens
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carabus purpurascens sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 63 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 151st most-seen of the 1277 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Carabus purpurascens in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carabus purpurascens sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Carabus purpurascens sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 10%).
Same genus: Carabus
The closest relatives of the Carabus purpurascens that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (genus Carabus, Worm and Slug Hunters) are Carabus splendens (about 20%), Bronze Ground Beetle (about 10%) and Carabus cancellatus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carabus purpurascens is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (63 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.
