Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug

Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug

Aelia acuminata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Hamburg

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

7 Verified sightings at Hamburg
101 In all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug

Aelia acuminata, common name bishop's mitre, is a species of shield bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
2 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
3 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
2 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
4 Sofia 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
~10%
5 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
6 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
7 Paris 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
9 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
10 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug in Hamburg?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug sighting in Hamburg on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 294th most-seen of the 423 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug in Hamburg?

May–June and August–September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug in Hamburg on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug?

Between 3 and 6 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Hamburg the best place to see a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug?

20th of 27

Of the 27 cities where we can rate Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug sightings, Hamburg ranks 20th at under 5%. The best odds are in Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%), Lyon (France, about 10%) and Berlin (Germany, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug live in Hamburg?

Same family: Pentatomidae

The closest relatives of the Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug that you can see in Hamburg (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (about 30%), Forest Bug (about 30%) and Green Shield Bug (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Hamburg (7 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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