Heart Longhorn Beetle

Heart Longhorn Beetle

Stictoleptura cordigera

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Rome

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

10 Verified sightings at Rome
38 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Heart Longhorn Beetle

Stictoleptura cordigera is a beetle species belonging to the longhorn beetle family, subfamily Lepturinae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Milan 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
2 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
4 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
5 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
6 Paris 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Heart Longhorn Beetle in Rome?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Heart Longhorn Beetle sighting in Rome on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 154th most-seen of the 289 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 Heart Longhorn Beetle in Rome?

June

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Heart Longhorn Beetle in Rome on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months. That is one of Rome's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 110 mm in November.

What time of day is best to see a Heart Longhorn Beetle?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Heart Longhorn Beetle 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 Rome the best place to see a Heart Longhorn Beetle?

Among the best

Of the 6 cities where we can rate Heart Longhorn Beetle sightings, Rome ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Milan (Italy, about 10%) and Lyon (France, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Heart Longhorn Beetle live in Rome?

Same family: Cerambycidae

The closest relatives of the Heart Longhorn Beetle that you can see in Rome (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Herophila tristis (about 10%), Cerambyx welensii (about 10%) and Stenopterus ater (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Heart Longhorn Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Heart Longhorn Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Rome (10 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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