Lygaeus turcicus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Lygaeus turcicus, the false milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Eastern North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a False Milkweed Bug sighting in Chicago on a given day, based on 176 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 103rd most-seen of the 978 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.
March and June–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a False Milkweed Bug in Chicago on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and December–February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most False Milkweed 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.
7th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate False Milkweed Bug sightings, Chicago ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Boston (United States, about 20%), Philadelphia (United States, about 10%) and New York City (United States, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the False Milkweed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Chicago (176 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.
