Arocatus melanocephalus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Arocatus melanocephalus, the elm seed bug, is a Heteroptera in the family Lygaeidae. The species was initially described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798, and Maximilian Spinola designated it to be the type species of the genus Arocatus in 1837. This bug is native to Europe but has been introduced to North America.
The Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius named this species in 1798, placing it in the genus Lygaeus. When the Italian entomologist Maximilian Spinola named the genus Arocatus in 1837, he designated Fabricius's Lygaeus melanocephalus as its type species. In 1999, Jean Péricart designated a female lectotype in the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum.
Lygaeus pruinosus, a nomen nudum referring to this species, was named by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1837. Vasily Evgrafovich Yakovlev synonymized this name with A. melanocephalus in 1875. The French entomologist Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot referred to this species as Arocatus using his system of uninonial nomenclature in a work later invalidated by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
As of 2017, three subspecies are recognized: the nominate subspecies... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elm Seed Bug sighting in Salt Lake City on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 242 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Elm Seed Bug in Salt Lake City on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month. That is one of Salt Lake City's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 70 mm in December.
Among the best
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Elm Seed Bug sightings, Salt Lake City ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Almaty (Kazakhstan, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Elm Seed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Salt Lake City (70 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.
