Lucanus barbarossa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Lucanus barbarossa is a species of stag beetle native to southwestern Europe and Northwest Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Stag Beetle sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 244th 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.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Stag Beetle in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. Those are among Sierra de Guadarrama National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in November.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Iberian Stag Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, in our data
Sierra de Guadarrama National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Iberian Stag Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Iberian Stag Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (15 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.
