Tetraneura nigriabdominalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The oriental grass root aphid (or rice root aphid), Tetraneura akinire, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Turin | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 3 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Madrid | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 6 | Bucharest | 🇷🇴 Romania | |
| 7 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rice Root Aphid sighting in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 234th most-seen of the 672 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 and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rice Root Aphid in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months. Those are among Minneapolis [Saint Paul]'s wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in January.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rice Root Aphid sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Rice Root Aphid sightings, Minneapolis [Saint Paul] ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Budapest (Hungary, about 10%), Turin (Italy, about 10%) and Detroit (United States, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rice Root Aphid is recorded against all the insects logged in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] (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.
