Himacerus apterus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
View history Himacerus apterus, known as the tree damsel bug, is a species of damsel bug belonging to the family Nabidae, subfamily Nabinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 4 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 6 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 9 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 10 | Cologne | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tree Damsel Bug sighting in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 293rd most-seen of the 405 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tree Damsel Bug in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tree Damsel Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Tree Damsel Bug sightings, Nizhny Novgorod ranks 15th at under 5%. The best odds are in Berlin (Germany, about 10%), Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Tree Damsel Bug that you can see in Nizhny Novgorod (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are European Firebug (about 20%), Green Shield Bug (about 20%) and Dock Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tree Damsel Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Nizhny Novgorod (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.
