Arocatus melanocephalus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Arocatus melanocephalus, the elm seed bug, is a Heteroptera in the family Lygaeidae. The species was initially described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798, and Maximilian Spinola designated it to be the type species of the genus Arocatus in 1837. This bug is native to Europe but has been introduced to North America.
The Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius named this species in 1798, placing it in the genus Lygaeus. When the Italian entomologist Maximilian Spinola named the genus Arocatus in 1837, he designated Fabricius's Lygaeus melanocephalus as its type species. In 1999, Jean Péricart designated a female lectotype in the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum.
Lygaeus pruinosus, a nomen nudum referring to this species, was named by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1837. Vasily Evgrafovich Yakovlev synonymized this name with A. melanocephalus in 1875. The French entomologist Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot referred to this species as Arocatus using his system of uninonial nomenclature in a work later invalidated by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
As of 2017, three subspecies are recognized: the nominate subspecies... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elm Seed Bug sighting in Almaty on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Elm Seed Bug in Almaty on a given day, against under 5% in January and February, the lowest months.
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Of the 17 cities where we can rate Elm Seed Bug sightings, Almaty has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Salt Lake City (United States, about 10%) and Berlin (Germany, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Elm Seed Bug that you can see in Almaty (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are European Firebug (about 30%), Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (about 10%) and Masked Hunter (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Elm Seed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Almaty (30 verified sightings), 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.
