Oxycarenus lavaterae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Oxycarenus lavaterae, common name lime seed bug, is a species of ground bug of the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Oxycareninae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lime Seed Bug sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 153rd most-seen of the 355 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.
February–April and August–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lime Seed Bug in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in May–July and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lime Seed 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.
20th of 24
Of the 24 cities where we can rate Lime Seed Bug sightings, Rotterdam [The Hague] ranks 20th at about 10%. The best odds are in Sofia (Bulgaria, about 20%), Berlin (Germany, about 20%) and Algiers (Algeria, about 20%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Lime Seed Bug that you can see in Rotterdam [The Hague] (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Green Shield Bug (about 20%), European Firebug (about 20%) and Dock Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lime Seed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (17 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.
