Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug

Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug

Aelia acuminata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Lisbon

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

8 Verified sightings at Lisbon
101 In all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug

Aelia acuminata, common name bishop's mitre, is a species of shield bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
2 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
3 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
5 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
2 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
4 Sofia 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
~10%
5 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
6 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
7 Paris 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
9 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
10 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug in Lisbon?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug sighting in Lisbon on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 299th most-seen of the 441 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug in Lisbon?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug in Lisbon on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug?

Between 3 and 6 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bishop's Mitre Shield 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.

Is Lisbon the best place to see a Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug?

27th of 27

Of the 27 cities where we can rate Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug sightings, Lisbon ranks 27th at under 5%. The best odds are in Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%), Lyon (France, about 10%) and Berlin (Germany, about 10%).

Where does the Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Lisbon (8 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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