Gastrodes grossipes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Gastrodes grossipes, the pine cone bug, is a true bug found in most of Europe except in the far north. To the east, the distribution area extends over Asia minor and the Caucasus, and then across the Palearctic to Siberia. The food plant is Scots pine. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 6 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pinecone Bug sighting in Minsk on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 139th most-seen of the 196 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.
April, September–October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pinecone Bug in Minsk on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May–August and November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pinecone Bug sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Pinecone Bug sightings, Minsk ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Pinecone Bug that you can see in Minsk (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are European Firebug (about 20%), Forest Bug (about 10%) and Trioza flavipennis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pinecone Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Minsk (6 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.
