Himacerus apterus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tree Damsel Bug sighting in Paris on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 243rd 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tree Damsel Bug in Paris on a given day, against under 5% in September–October and December–April, 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.
Among the best
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Tree Damsel Bug sightings, Paris ranks 6th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Berlin (Germany, about 10%), Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tree Damsel Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Paris (35 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.
