Arge ochropus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Arge ochropus, the rose sawfly, is a species belonging to the family Argidae subfamily Arginae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rose Sawfly sighting in Madrid on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 251st most-seen of the 457 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.
October and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rose Sawfly in Madrid on a given day, against under 5% in December to September, the lowest months. Those are among Madrid's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rose Sawfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Rose Sawfly sightings, Madrid ranks 12th at under 5%. The best odds are in Tehran (Iran, about 20%), Barcelona (Spain, about 10%) and Valencia (Spain, about 10%).
Same order: Hymenoptera
The closest relatives of the Rose Sawfly that you can see in Madrid (order Hymenoptera, Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies) are Barbary Harvester Ant (about 20%), Mediterranean Acrobat Ant (about 20%) and Blood-Spotted Sugar Ant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rose Sawfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Madrid (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.
