Silpha obscura
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 2 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 5 | Kazan | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Istanbul | 🇹🇷 Turkey | |
| 9 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Carrion Beetle sighting in Triglav National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 167th most-seen of the 260 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Obscure Carrion Beetle in Triglav National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Obscure Carrion Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Obscure Carrion Beetle sightings, Triglav National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Cévennes National Park (France, under 5%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, under 5%).
Same family: Staphylinidae
The closest relatives of the Obscure Carrion Beetle that you can see in Triglav National Park (family Staphylinidae, Rove Beetles) are Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle (about 10%) and Red-Breasted Carrion Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Obscure Carrion Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Triglav National Park (8 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.
