Pine Sawyer Beetle

Pine Sawyer Beetle

Monochamus sutor

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Pyrénées National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

40 Verified sightings at Pyrénées National Park From 2019 to 2026
120 In all 8 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Pine Sawyer Beetle

Monochamus sutor is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, originally under the genus Cerambyx. It has a wide, natural distribution throughout Europe, and has also been introduced into Belgium and the Netherlands. Adults measure between 15 and 24 mm (0.59 and 0.94 in), and larvae measure up to 45 mm (1.8 in). Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Hohe Tauern National Park 🇦🇹 Austria
~20%
2 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
~20%
3 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
4 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~10%
6 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yekaterinburg 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Pine Sawyer Beetle in Pyrénées National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pine Sawyer Beetle sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 233rd most-seen of the 1277 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.

When is the best time to see a Pine Sawyer Beetle in Pyrénées National Park?

June to September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pine Sawyer Beetle in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Pine Sawyer Beetle?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pine Sawyer 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 Pine Sawyer Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Pine Sawyer Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (40 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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