Black Snail Beetle

Black Snail Beetle

Silpha atrata

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

7 Verified sightings at Tatra National Park From 2019 to 2026
121 In all 7 parks
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~20%
2 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
~10%
3 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
4 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
5 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
6 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
2 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
3 Sofia 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
~10%
4 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
5 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
7 Minsk 🇧🇾 Belarus
~10%
8 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
9 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~10%
10 Stockholm 🇸🇪 Sweden
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Black Snail Beetle in Tatra National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Snail Beetle sighting in Tatra National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 85th most-seen of the 142 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Black Snail Beetle in Tatra National Park?

April and June

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black Snail Beetle in Tatra National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and August–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Black Snail Beetle?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Snail 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.

Is Tatra National Park the best place to see a Black Snail Beetle?

2nd of 7

Of the 7 parks where we can rate Black Snail Beetle sightings, Tatra National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Białowieża National Park (Poland, about 20%).

Where does the Black Snail Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Black Snail Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Tatra National Park (7 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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