Carpocoris fuscispinus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Carpocoris fuscispinus is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Fruit Bug sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 223rd most-seen of the 838 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.
May to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Fruit Bug in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in November to April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Fruit 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.
Among the best
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Northern Fruit Bug sightings, Helsinki ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Stockholm (Sweden, about 10%), Warsaw (Poland, about 10%) and Berlin (Germany, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Fruit Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (27 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.
