Gastrodes grossipes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Gastrodes grossipes, the pine cone bug, is a true bug found in most of Europe except in the far north. To the east, the distribution area extends over Asia minor and the Caucasus, and then across the Palearctic to Siberia. The food plant is Scots pine. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 6 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pinecone Bug sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 345th most-seen of the 838 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.
March–April, July and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pinecone Bug in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, May–June and August–October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pinecone Bug sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Pinecone Bug sightings, Helsinki has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Minsk (Belarus, about 10%) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pinecone Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (16 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.
