Carpocoris mediterraneus
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Carpocoris mediterraneus, the red shield bug, is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug sighting in Jerusalem on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th most-seen of the 137 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug in Jerusalem on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Jerusalem's driest months, with almost no rain against 90 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Shield Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Red Shield Bug sightings, Jerusalem ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Algiers (Algeria, about 30%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Red Shield Bug that you can see in Jerusalem (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Red Cabbage Bug (about 20%), Stenozygum coloratum (about 20%) and Southern Green Stink Bug (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Shield Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Jerusalem (15 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.
