Gastrodes grossipes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Gastrodes grossipes, the pine cone bug, is a true bug found in most of Europe except in the far north. To the east, the distribution area extends over Asia minor and the Caucasus, and then across the Palearctic to Siberia. The food plant is Scots pine. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 6 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pinecone Bug sighting in Berlin on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 745th most-seen of the 1065 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pinecone Bug in Berlin on a given day, against under 5% in January and April–November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pinecone Bug sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Pinecone Bug sightings, Berlin ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%), Minsk (Belarus, about 10%) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia, under 5%).
Same family: Rhyparochromidae
The closest relatives of the Pinecone Bug that you can see in Berlin (family Rhyparochromidae, Dirt-colored Seed Bugs) are Bright-Spotted Groundbug (about 10%) and White-Spotted Groundbug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pinecone Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Berlin (8 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.
