Alosterna tabacicolor
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Alosterna tabacicolor, the tobacco-coloured longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in family Cerambycidae. In Europe in can be found in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. In Asia it can be found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea and Turkey. These beetles occur from the plains to the lower mountain ranges, especially in forests. In the southern Alps they also live in higher areas.
Alosterna tabacicolor can reach a body length of about 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in). These graceful longhorn beetles are slender, the head, the pronotum... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle sighting in Vanoise National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 252nd 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
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle in Vanoise National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn 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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle sightings, Vanoise National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%) and Pyrénées National Park (France, about 10%).
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle that you can see in Vanoise National Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Brachyta interrogationis (about 20%), Blood-Red Longhorn Beetle (about 20%) and Paracorymbia hybrida (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tobacco-Coloured Longhorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Vanoise National Park (5 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.
