Knotweed Leaf Beetle

Knotweed Leaf Beetle

Gastrophysa polygoni

Silhouette: Birgit Lang · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kazan

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

13 Verified sightings at Kazan
5 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Knotweed Leaf Beetle

Gastrophysa polygoni is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The species can be up to 5mm long and is green-blue in colour. The thorax is orange and the wing cases are a metallic green, and the beetle can be seen in spring and summer. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bishkek 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
~30%
2 Astana 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
~10%
3 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
4 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
5 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
6 Bucharest 🇷🇴 Romania
~10%
7 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
8 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
9 Kazan 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
10 Almaty 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Knotweed Leaf Beetle in Kazan?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Knotweed Leaf Beetle sighting in Kazan on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 183 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Knotweed Leaf Beetle in Kazan?

May–July and September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Knotweed Leaf Beetle in Kazan on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Knotweed Leaf Beetle?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Knotweed Leaf Beetle 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 Kazan the best place to see a Knotweed Leaf Beetle?

9th of 21

Of the 21 cities where we can rate Knotweed Leaf Beetle sightings, Kazan ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan, about 30%), Astana (Kazakhstan, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).

Where does the Knotweed Leaf Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Knotweed Leaf Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Kazan (13 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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