Rose Sawfly

Rose Sawfly

Arge ochropus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Detroit

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

10 Verified sightings at Detroit
16 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Rose Sawfly

Arge ochropus, the rose sawfly, is a species belonging to the family Argidae subfamily Arginae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
2 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tehran 🇮🇷 Iran
~20%
2 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
3 Valencia 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Istanbul 🇹🇷 Turkey
~10%
5 Detroit 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
6 Milan 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
7 Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
8 Bucharest 🇷🇴 Romania
<5%
9 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%
10 Lisbon 🇵🇹 Portugal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rose Sawfly in Detroit?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rose Sawfly sighting in Detroit on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 156th most-seen of the 268 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rose Sawfly in Detroit?

June and August–September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rose Sawfly in Detroit on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Rose Sawfly?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rose Sawfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Detroit the best place to see a Rose Sawfly?

5th of 20

Of the 20 cities where we can rate Rose Sawfly sightings, Detroit ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tehran (Iran, about 20%), Barcelona (Spain, about 10%) and Valencia (Spain, about 10%).

Where does the Rose Sawfly sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rose Sawfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Detroit (10 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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