Red Cabbage Bug
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Prague

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

31 Verified sightings at Prague
101 In all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Red Cabbage Bug

Eurydema ornata, sometimes called the "red cabbage bug", is a species of Palaearctic and Oriental realm shield bugs in the tribe Strachiini. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
~30%
2 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
3 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
4 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jerusalem 🇮🇱 Israel
~20%
2 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
3 Kharkiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
~10%
4 Izmir 🇹🇷 Turkey
~10%
5 Algiers 🇩🇿 Algeria
~10%
6 Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
7 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~10%
8 Astana 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
~10%
9 Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 Israel
~10%
10 Istanbul 🇹🇷 Turkey
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Red Cabbage Bug in Prague?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cabbage Bug sighting in Prague on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 177th most-seen of the 724 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.

When is the best time to see a Red Cabbage Bug in Prague?

April to June

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cabbage Bug in Prague on a given day, against under 5% in July to March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Red Cabbage Bug?

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.

Is Prague the best place to see a Red Cabbage Bug?

21st of 23

Of the 23 cities where we can rate Red Cabbage Bug sightings, Prague ranks 21st at about 10%. The best odds are in Jerusalem (Israel, about 20%), Barcelona (Spain, about 20%) and Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%).

Where does the Red Cabbage Bug sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Red Cabbage Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Prague (31 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.

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