Deraeocoris ruber
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Deraeocoris ruber, commonly known as the red-spotted plant bug, is a species of bug in the family Miridae. This species can be found anywhere in Europe, except for Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Malta and parts of Russia and the Caucasus. It is also present in the Nearctic realm and in the Neotropical realm. These bugs inhabits forests, but occur mainly on sunny forest edges and open areas.
Deraeocoris ruber is a medium-size species measuring 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in) long. Body is remarkably wide and glossy. Adults top (including scutellum) may appear in various color variants, ranging from light brown or orange to black in color, while the cuneus is always red. They have shiny forewings with an unbanded tibiae and the 1st antennal segment. The 1st segment of the antennae and at least the base of the 2nd segment are black.
The nymph of Deraeocoris ruber is black coloured with a pinkish wide abdomen bearing black spines. This species has one generation a year. Adults can be found from July to September. These bugs are almost completely predators and are also cannibalistic. They mainly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 6 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Spotted Plant Bug sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 269th most-seen of the 1115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Spotted Plant Bug in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Spotted Plant Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Red-Spotted Plant Bug sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Vanoise National Park (France, about 10%), Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%) and Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Spotted Plant Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (19 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.
