Riptortus pedestris
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Riptortus pedestris sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 77 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 29th most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Riptortus pedestris in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and May–June, the lowest months. Those are among Beijing's wettest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Riptortus pedestris sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Riptortus pedestris sightings, Beijing ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Shenyang (China, about 30%), Gwangju (South Korea, about 20%) and Daejeon (South Korea, about 20%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Riptortus pedestris that you can see in Beijing (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Spotted Lanternfly (about 30%), Panaorus csikii (about 20%) and Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Riptortus pedestris is recorded against all the insects logged in Beijing (77 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.
