Carpocoris mediterraneus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Carpocoris mediterraneus, the red shield bug, is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug sighting in Rome on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 119th 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug in Rome on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months. That is one of Rome's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 110 mm in November.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Shield Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Red Shield Bug sightings, Rome ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Algiers (Algeria, about 30%), Jerusalem (Israel, about 20%) and Izmir (Turkey, about 20%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Red Shield Bug that you can see in Rome (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are European Striped Shield Bug (about 20%), Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (about 10%) and Southern Green Stink Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Shield Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Rome (12 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.
