Neides tipularius
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Neides tipularius is a Palearctic stilt bug. It occurs from the Northern Mediterranean to Scandinavia and the British Isles. Further east it is found in Asia minor and the Caucasus to Central Asia. In Germany and the Alps it is widespread and not uncommon. In Britain it is locally common in large parts of the South. In Ireland it is rare.
Adults are 9.5 to 11.5 mm long. They are drab grey-brown or straw coloured and easily recognizable by their slender elongate bodies and very long legs. The similar representatives of the genus Berytinus are smaller and have a much shorter second antennal segment. The hemielytra are always fully developed. Nymphs are colored green.
Neides tipularius feeds on various herbaceous plants such as Cerastium, Arenaria, Silene, various Caryophyllaceae, Erodium, Geraniaceae and others. The imagines also feed on grasses (Poaceae such as Corynephorus and Agrostis. They are associated with dry, sandy soils and coastal dunes. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Straw Stiltbug sighting in Berlin on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 343rd 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Straw Stiltbug in Berlin on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and August–January, the lowest months.
Only Berlin, in our data
Berlin is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Straw Stiltbug sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Straw Stiltbug that you can see in Berlin (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are European Firebug (about 40%), Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (about 30%) and Green Shield Bug (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Straw Stiltbug is recorded against all the insects logged in Berlin (23 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.
