Alfalfa Plant Bug

Alfalfa Plant Bug

Adelphocoris lineolatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Calgary

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

8 Verified sightings at Calgary
106 In all 8 parks From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Alfalfa Plant Bug

Adelphocoris lineolatus, is commonly known as the Lucerne bug or the alfalfa plant bug, and belongs to the family Miridae. It is an agricultural pest causing vast amounts of damage to numerous crops, but primarily to alfalfa crops around the globe.

Calocoris chenopodii Calocoris chenopodii implagiata Calocoris chenopodii lineolatus Calocoris lineolatus bisbipunctatus Reuter, 1891 Adelphocoris lineolatus are an Old World Species native to Western Europe, Northern Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. In 1917, this species had been introduced into Canada and the United States. In the Nearctic realm, these insects range from Southern Ontario and Northeastern United States, to the south of North Carolina, and west of Colorado.

Alfalfa plant bugs require a certain set of optimal conditions in order to thrive and become a pest in any country. A. lineolatus are primarily located in... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
2 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~10%
6 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
2 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
3 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
4 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
5 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~10%
6 Montreal 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
7 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
~10%
8 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
9 Bucharest 🇷🇴 Romania
~10%
10 Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Netherlands
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Alfalfa Plant Bug in Calgary?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Alfalfa Plant Bug sighting in Calgary on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 193rd most-seen of the 256 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.

When is the best time to see an Alfalfa Plant Bug in Calgary?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Alfalfa Plant Bug in Calgary on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see an Alfalfa Plant Bug?

Between 3 and 6 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Alfalfa Plant Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Calgary the best place to see an Alfalfa Plant Bug?

25th of 27

Of the 27 cities where we can rate Alfalfa Plant Bug sightings, Calgary ranks 25th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%), Berlin (Germany, about 10%) and Helsinki (Finland, about 10%).

Where does the Alfalfa Plant Bug sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Alfalfa Plant Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Calgary (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.

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