Cicindela maritima
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Cicindela maritima, the dune tiger beetle, is a species of medium-sized (12 to 15 mm long) ground beetles native to Europe, where it is found in Belgium, Croatia, mainland Denmark, Finland, mainland France, Germany, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Moldova, mainland Norway, Poland, mainland Portugal (doubtful), Romania (doubtful), Russia except in the North, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Ukraine. In Great Britain, it is distributed along the southern coast and is found in coastal dunes from April to October. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dune Tiger Beetle sighting in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, based on 58 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 92nd most-seen of the 818 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dune Tiger Beetle in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months. That is one of Wadden Sea National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 140 mm in November.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dune Tiger Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Wadden Sea National Park, in our data
Wadden Sea National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dune Tiger Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Cicindela
The closest relatives of the Dune Tiger Beetle that you can see in Wadden Sea National Park (genus Cicindela, Common Tiger Beetles) are Northern Dune Tiger Beetle (about 10%) and Green Tiger Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dune Tiger Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Wadden Sea National Park (58 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.
