Eurydema ornata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Eurydema ornata, sometimes called the "red cabbage bug", is a species of Palaearctic and Oriental realm shield bugs in the tribe Strachiini. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cabbage Bug sighting in Paris on a given day, based on 122 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 70th most-seen of the 916 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cabbage Bug in Paris on a given day, against under 5% in February and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Cabbage 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.
11th of 23
Of the 23 cities where we can rate Red Cabbage Bug sightings, Paris ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jerusalem (Israel, about 20%), Barcelona (Spain, about 20%) and Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
Same genus: Eurydema
The closest relatives of the Red Cabbage Bug that you can see in Paris (genus Eurydema, Cabbage Bugs, Caper Bugs and Allies) are Cabbage Bug (about 10%) and Cruciferous Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Cabbage Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Paris (122 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.
