Lygaeus turcicus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Lygaeus turcicus, the false milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Eastern North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a False Milkweed Bug sighting in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] on a given day, based on 65 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 125th most-seen of the 672 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a False Milkweed Bug in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months. Those are among Minneapolis [Saint Paul]'s wettest months, with about 100 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in January.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most False Milkweed Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate False Milkweed Bug sightings, Minneapolis [Saint Paul] ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Boston (United States, about 20%), Philadelphia (United States, about 10%) and New York City (United States, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the False Milkweed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] (65 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.
