Tetraneura nigriabdominalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The oriental grass root aphid (or rice root aphid), Tetraneura akinire, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Turin | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 3 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Madrid | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 6 | Bucharest | 🇷🇴 Romania | |
| 7 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rice Root Aphid sighting in Boston on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 565th most-seen of the 1200 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.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rice Root Aphid in Boston on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rice Root Aphid sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
13th of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Rice Root Aphid sightings, Boston ranks 13th at under 5%. The best odds are in Budapest (Hungary, about 10%), Turin (Italy, about 10%) and Detroit (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Aphididae
The closest relatives of the Rice Root Aphid that you can see in Boston (family Aphididae, Aphids) are Oleander Aphid (about 20%), Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid (about 10%) and Spiny Witch-Hazel Gall Aphid (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rice Root Aphid is recorded against all the insects logged in Boston (17 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.
