Carpocoris mediterraneus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug sighting in Madrid on a given day, based on 85 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 36th most-seen of the 457 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug in Madrid on a given day, against under 5% in December to March, the lowest months. Those are among Madrid's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 65 mm in October.
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.
5th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Red Shield Bug sightings, Madrid ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Algiers (Algeria, about 30%), Jerusalem (Israel, about 20%) and Izmir (Turkey, about 20%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Red Shield Bug that you can see in Madrid (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Red Cabbage Bug (about 10%), Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (about 10%) and European Striped Shield Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Shield Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Madrid (85 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.
