Phyllobius pomaceus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Phyllobius pomaceus (subgenus Metaphyllobius) is a species of short-nosed weevil commonly known as the nettle weevil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 4 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 10 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nettle Weevil sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 71st 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Nettle Weevil in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in July to March, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nettle Weevil sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 24
Of the 24 cities where we can rate Nettle Weevil sightings, Rotterdam [The Hague] ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kyiv (Ukraine, about 20%) and Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Nettle Weevil is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (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.
