Zicrona caerulea
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Zicrona caerulea, the blue shieldbug, is a species of bug of the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Bucharest | 🇷🇴 Romania | |
| 5 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 6 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 7 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 8 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Shield Bug sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 358th most-seen of the 811 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Shield Bug in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–March, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue Shield Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Blue Shield Bug sightings, Birmingham has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Manchester (United Kingdom, under 5%) and Liverpool (United Kingdom, under 5%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Blue Shield Bug that you can see in Birmingham (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Green Shield Bug (about 40%), Forest Bug (about 20%) and Sloe Bug (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue Shield Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (19 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.
