Carabus auronitens
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Carabus auronitens is a species of beetle in family Carabidae which was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1792. The elytra and the head are shiny, with different colours: red golden, red green or more rarely blue. The prothorax is narrow at the base and reddish copper in colour. The colours are very variable from one specimen to another. Each elytron has a granular surface with three sturdy, dark longitudinal veins. The legs are black, except the femora, which are red. The antennae are also black but the first segments are red.
This species can be distinguished from Carabus auratus, a similar species, by its longitudinal veins... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carabus auronitens sighting in Vanoise National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 220th most-seen of the 308 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 and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Carabus auronitens in Vanoise National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carabus auronitens sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Carabus auronitens sightings, Vanoise National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Tatra National Park (Slovakia, about 20%) and Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 20%).
Same genus: Carabus
The closest relatives of the Carabus auronitens that you can see in Vanoise National Park (genus Carabus, Worm and Slug Hunters) are Blue Ground Beetle (about 10%) and Carabus depressus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carabus auronitens is recorded against all the insects logged in Vanoise National Park (6 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.
