Dyroderes umbraculatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Dyroderes umbraculatus is a shield bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. The genus Dyroderes has one living representative, but BioLib also records one fossil species: †Dyroderes laticollis Piton, 1940.
D. umbraculatus mainly lives on Galium species and is found in Austria, the British Isles, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-Shouldered Shieldbug sighting in London on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 673rd most-seen of the 1504 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.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Shouldered Shieldbug in London on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-Shouldered Shieldbug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate White-Shouldered Shieldbug sightings, London ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Bucharest (Romania, about 10%), Valencia (Spain, about 10%) and Rome (Italy, about 10%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the White-Shouldered Shieldbug that you can see in London (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Green Shield Bug (about 30%), Forest Bug (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 White-Shouldered Shieldbug is recorded against all the insects logged in London (27 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.
