Eurydema ornata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Eurydema ornata, sometimes called the "red cabbage bug", is a species of Palaearctic and Oriental realm shield bugs in the tribe Strachiini. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cabbage Bug sighting in Istanbul on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 266 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cabbage Bug in Istanbul on a given day, against under 5% in January to March, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Cabbage 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.
10th of 23
Of the 23 cities where we can rate Red Cabbage Bug sightings, Istanbul ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jerusalem (Israel, about 20%), Barcelona (Spain, about 20%) and Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Red Cabbage Bug that you can see in Istanbul (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are European Striped Shield Bug (about 20%), Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (about 20%) and Mottled Stink Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Cabbage Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Istanbul (34 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.
