Rhaphigaster nebulosa
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Rhaphigaster nebulosa, common name mottled shieldbug, is a species of stink bug that belongs to the family Pentatomidae. It is native to Europe. This species is distributed throughout the Palearctic region, more commonly in the southern than in the northern parts of Central Europe (Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom), and is not known to occur in the United States.
Mottled shieldbugs prefer warm deciduous forests, parks and gardens. Rhaphigaster nebulosa can reach a length of 14–16 millimetres (0.55–0.63 in). These large shieldbugs are hairless and coloured dirty yellowish-grey to brown with irregularly-distributed fovea on the top side of its body. The membrane of the forewings is often speckled dark brown, although these speckles are quite variable in extent. The lateral edge (connexivum) of the abdomen has black and yellow markings. The antennae are ringed with black and yellow markings on the 3rd to 5th segments. The underside of the body is light coloured and shows dark spots. On its underside, between the hips (on the 1st sternite... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Stink Bug sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 135th most-seen of the 1115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, September–October and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Stink Bug in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, June and November, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mottled Stink Bug 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 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Mottled Stink Bug sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 20%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Mottled Stink Bug that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Forest Bug (about 20%), Green Shield Bug (about 20%) and European Striped Shield Bug (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mottled Stink Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (33 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.
