Hop-Garden Earwig

Hop-Garden Earwig

Apterygida albipennis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kyiv

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

20 Verified sightings at Kyiv
6 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Hop-Garden Earwig

Apterygida media is a species of European earwig, known as the short-winged earwig or hop-garden earwig. 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 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
2 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
3 Stockholm 🇸🇪 Sweden
~10%
4 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
5 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
7 Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Denmark
<5%
8 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
<5%
9 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Hop-Garden Earwig in Kyiv?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hop-Garden Earwig sighting in Kyiv on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 229th most-seen of the 753 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.

When is the best time to see a Hop-Garden Earwig in Kyiv?

April–July and October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hop-Garden Earwig in Kyiv on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Hop-Garden Earwig?

Between 6 and 9 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hop-Garden Earwig sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Kyiv the best place to see a Hop-Garden Earwig?

Among the best

Of the 9 cities where we can rate Hop-Garden Earwig sightings, Kyiv ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Warsaw (Poland, about 10%), Helsinki (Finland, about 10%) and Stockholm (Sweden, about 10%).

Where does the Hop-Garden Earwig sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Hop-Garden Earwig is recorded against all the insects logged in Kyiv (20 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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