Weaver Beetle

Weaver Beetle

Lamia textor

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

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

21 Verified sightings at Wadden Sea National Park From 2019 to 2026
91 In all 6 parks
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Weaver Beetle

The weaver beetle (Lamia textor) is a species of beetle from subfamily Lamiinae in long-horned beetle family; it is a European and North Asian species. Larvae develop in willow trees, rare in birch and poplar. Distributed everywhere in Western Europe, except extreme north, also distributed in Central and Eastern Europe, Siberia (meets on territories where appropriate these species food plants, starting from southern part of tundra), Caucasus, South Caucasus (rare), Sakhalin, in northern and western parts of Kazakhstan, Japan, Korea and in northeast of China.

Imago is 15–32 mm long. Egg is 4.5–5 mm in length, and 1.2–1.4 mm in diameter. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~30%
2 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
~30%
3 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
4 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
5 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%
2 Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Weaver Beetle in Wadden Sea National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Weaver Beetle sighting in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 280th most-seen of the 818 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Weaver Beetle in Wadden Sea National Park?

April–July and October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Weaver Beetle in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Weaver Beetle?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Weaver 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 Wadden Sea National Park the best place to see a Weaver Beetle?

5th of 6

Of the 6 parks where we can rate Weaver Beetle sightings, Wadden Sea National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Biebrza National Park (Poland, about 30%), Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 30%) and Białowieża National Park (Poland, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Weaver Beetle live in Wadden Sea National Park?

Same family: Cerambycidae

The closest relatives of the Weaver Beetle that you can see in Wadden Sea National Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Red Pine Longhorn Beetle (about 10%), Wasp Beetle (about 10%) and Rust Pine Borer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Weaver Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Weaver Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Wadden Sea National Park (21 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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