Coenomorpha nervosa
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Stink Bug sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 257 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 311 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to February
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Stink Bug in Cape Town on a given day, against about 10% in April to October, the lowest months. Those are among Cape Town's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in June.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Stink Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Brown Stink Bug sightings, Cape Town ranks 3rd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Pretoria (South Africa, about 20%) and Johannesburg (South Africa, about 20%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Brown Stink Bug that you can see in Cape Town (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Southern Green Stink Bug (about 10%) and Antestia Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Stink Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (257 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.
