Holcostethus strictus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 7 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Vernal Shield Bug sighting in Paris on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 228th 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.
April–May and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Vernal Shield Bug in Paris on a given day, against under 5% in June–August and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Vernal Shield Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 25 cities where we can rate Vernal Shield Bug sightings, Paris ranks 7th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bucharest (Romania, about 10%), Lyon (France, about 10%) and Vienna (Austria, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Vernal Shield 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.
