Handsome Plant Bug

Handsome Plant Bug

Harpocera thoracica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Birmingham

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

22 Verified sightings at Birmingham
42 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Handsome Plant Bug

Harpocera thoracica is a species of bug from Miridae family. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
2 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
3 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
4 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Essen 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
2 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
3 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
4 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Paris 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
~10%
7 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
8 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
9 Rotterdam [The Hague] 🇳🇱 Netherlands
~10%
10 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Handsome Plant Bug in Birmingham?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Handsome Plant Bug sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 321st 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Handsome Plant Bug in Birmingham?

April and May

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Handsome Plant Bug in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Handsome Plant Bug?

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.

Is Birmingham the best place to see a Handsome Plant Bug?

Among the best

Of the 17 cities where we can rate Handsome Plant Bug sightings, Birmingham ranks 7th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Essen (Germany, about 10%), Berlin (Germany, about 10%) and London (United Kingdom, about 10%).

Where does the Handsome Plant Bug sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Handsome Plant Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (22 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.

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