Indian Milkweed Bug

Indian Milkweed Bug

Spilostethus pandurus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Antalya

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

7 Verified sightings at Antalya
177 In all 10 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Indian Milkweed Bug

Spilostethus pandurus is a species of "seed bugs" belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae. The species was described in 1763 by Scopoli in his "Entomologica carniolica" with locus typicus from the area around Ljubljana. Scopoli does not mention the etymology of the species name but may have named it for the Panduri infantry unit of the Habsburg monarchy.

This species can be found in the Euro-mediterranean-Turaniaan Region, with a more southern distribution than Spilostethus saxatilis. It is present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Lebanon, in the Afrotropical realm. and in the southern Asia to India and China.

Spilostethus pandurus can reach a length of 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
2 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
3 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Camargue 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
8 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
9 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
10 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cairo 🇪🇬 Egypt
~40%
2 Jerusalem 🇮🇱 Israel
~30%
3 Antalya 🇹🇷 Turkey
~20%
4 Izmir 🇹🇷 Turkey
~20%
5 Athens 🇬🇷 Greece
~20%
6 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
7 Prayagraj 🇮🇳 India
~20%
8 Vadodara 🇮🇳 India
~20%
9 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~10%
10 Valencia 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Indian Milkweed Bug in Antalya?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Milkweed Bug sighting in Antalya on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 14th most-seen of the 26 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Indian Milkweed Bug in Antalya?

March and May

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Milkweed Bug in Antalya on a given day, against under 5% in February, June and August–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Indian Milkweed Bug?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Milkweed 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.

Is Antalya the best place to see an Indian Milkweed Bug?

3rd of 30

Of the 30 cities where we can rate Indian Milkweed Bug sightings, Antalya ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Cairo (Egypt, about 40%) and Jerusalem (Israel, about 30%).

Where does the Indian Milkweed Bug sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Indian Milkweed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Antalya (7 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.

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