Harpocera thoracica
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Harpocera thoracica is a species of bug from Miridae family. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 7 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 10 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Handsome Plant Bug sighting in Berlin on a given day, based on 91 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 133rd most-seen of the 1065 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.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Handsome Plant Bug in Berlin on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months. That is one of Berlin's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 80 mm in July.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Handsome Plant Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Handsome Plant Bug sightings, Berlin ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Essen (Germany, about 10%).
Same family: Miridae
The closest relatives of the Handsome Plant Bug that you can see in Berlin (family Miridae, Plant Bugs) are Closterotomus biclavatus (about 10%), Three Spotted Nettle Bug (about 10%) and Red-Spotted Plant Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Handsome Plant Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Berlin (91 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.
