Capnodis tenebrionis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flat-Headed Root-Borer sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 258th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flat-Headed Root-Borer in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months. Those are among Sierra de Guadarrama National Park's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in November.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flat-Headed Root-Borer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Flat-Headed Root-Borer sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).
Same family: Buprestidae
The closest relatives of the Flat-Headed Root-Borer that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Buprestidae, Jewel Beetles) are Hungarian Anthaxia (about 10%), Acmaeoderella flavofasciata (about 10%) and Anthaxia salicis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flat-Headed Root-Borer is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama 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.
