Carpocoris mediterraneus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Carpocoris mediterraneus, the red shield bug, is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug sighting in Lyon on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 289th most-seen of the 411 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.
May–June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug in Lyon on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Shield Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
13th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Red Shield Bug sightings, Lyon ranks 13th at under 5%. The best odds are in Algiers (Algeria, about 30%), Jerusalem (Israel, about 20%) and Izmir (Turkey, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Shield Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Lyon (7 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.
