Dysdercus cingulatus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Dysdercus cingulatus is a species of true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, commonly known as the red cotton stainer. It is a serious pest of cotton crops, the adults and older nymphs feeding on the emerging bolls and the cotton seeds as they mature, transmitting cotton-staining fungi as they do so.
Dysdercus cingulatus grows to a length of 12 to 18 mm (0.47 to 0.71 in). It is mainly red but has a white collar and black hemelytral spots. It is closely related and very similar to Dysdercus koenigii but D. cingulatus is slightly larger and the femora have varying amounts of black while D. koenigii has completely red femora.
D. cingulatus is reported to occur in Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, northern India, western Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia. The exact distribution is difficult to ascertain because of historical confusion between this species and D. koenigii.
As well as cotton (Gossypium), D. cingulatus feeds on a number of other crop plants including okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), muskmallow (Abelmoschus moschatus), hibiscus, white jute (Corchorus capsularis),... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naha | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Tainan | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 4 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Fuzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 6 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Xiamen City | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 9 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 10 | Zhuhai [Macau] | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Cotton Stainer sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 58 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 94th most-seen of the 477 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.
March and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Cotton Stainer in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month. Those are among Bengaluru's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in September.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Cotton Stainer sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
6th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Indian Cotton Stainer sightings, Bengaluru ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Naha (Japan, about 20%), Tuen Mun (China, about 10%) and Tainan (Taiwan, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Cotton Stainer is recorded against all the insects logged in Bengaluru (58 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.
