Eurygaster testudinaria
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Eurygaster testudinaria is a Palearctic shieldbug. It occurs in Europe from the Northern Mediterranean to southern Scandinavia, and East through Central Asia to northern China and Japan. This species is very difficult to differentiate from Eurygaster maura but testudinaria has a slight central depression at the front of the head. Its colour similarly varies.
Eurygaster testudinaria feeds on Poaceae (grasses). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Amsterdam | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 5 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 10 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tortoise Bug sighting in Kyiv on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 374th most-seen of the 753 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.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tortoise Bug in Kyiv on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tortoise 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.
7th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Tortoise Bug sightings, Kyiv ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%), Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and London (United Kingdom, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tortoise Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Kyiv (11 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.
