Phyllobius pomaceus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Phyllobius pomaceus (subgenus Metaphyllobius) is a species of short-nosed weevil commonly known as the nettle weevil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 4 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 10 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nettle Weevil sighting in Paris on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 146th most-seen of the 916 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.
April and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Nettle Weevil in Paris on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nettle Weevil sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 24
Of the 24 cities where we can rate Nettle Weevil sightings, Paris ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kyiv (Ukraine, about 20%), Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Rotterdam [The Hague] (Netherlands, about 10%).
Same genus: Phyllobius
The closest relatives of the Nettle Weevil that you can see in Paris (genus Phyllobius) are Brown Leaf Weevil (about 10%) and Common Leaf Weevil (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Nettle Weevil is recorded against all the insects logged in Paris (70 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.
