Pseudovadonia livida
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Pseudovadonia livida, the fairy-ring longhorn beetle, is a beetle species of flower longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae. This beetle is widespread in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic (Bohemia, Moravia), Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom).
This species mainly inhabits pine forests, but they are also present in deciduous trees (Quercus and Castanea species). The adults of Pseudovadonia livida grow up to 5–9 millimetres (0.20–0.35 in). These small beetles are robust and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 5 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 7 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fairy-Ring Longhorn Beetle sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 112th most-seen of the 597 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Fairy-Ring Longhorn Beetle in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fairy-Ring Longhorn Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Fairy-Ring Longhorn Beetle sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 20%), Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 20%) and Mercantour National Park (France, about 10%).
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Fairy-Ring Longhorn Beetle that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Stictoleptura stragulata (about 10%), Iberodorcadion perezi (about 10%) and Chlorophorus trifasciatus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fairy-Ring Longhorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (35 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.
