Deraeocoris ruber
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Deraeocoris ruber, commonly known as the red-spotted plant bug, is a species of bug in the family Miridae. This species can be found anywhere in Europe, except for Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Malta and parts of Russia and the Caucasus. It is also present in the Nearctic realm and in the Neotropical realm. These bugs inhabits forests, but occur mainly on sunny forest edges and open areas.
Deraeocoris ruber is a medium-size species measuring 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in) long. Body is remarkably wide and glossy. Adults top (including scutellum) may appear in various color variants, ranging from light brown or orange to black in color, while the cuneus is always red. They have shiny forewings with an unbanded tibiae and the 1st antennal segment. The 1st segment of the antennae and at least the base of the 2nd segment are black.
The nymph of Deraeocoris ruber is black coloured with a pinkish wide abdomen bearing black spines. This species has one generation a year. Adults can be found from July to September. These bugs are almost completely predators and are also cannibalistic. They mainly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 6 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Spotted Plant Bug sighting in Sofia on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 74th most-seen of the 115 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Spotted Plant Bug in Sofia on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. That is one of Sofia's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 40 mm in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Spotted Plant 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.
8th of 31
Of the 31 cities where we can rate Red-Spotted Plant Bug sightings, Sofia ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 20%), Paris (France, about 10%) and Budapest (Hungary, about 10%).
Same family: Miridae
The closest relatives of the Red-Spotted Plant Bug that you can see in Sofia (family Miridae, Plant Bugs) are Spotted Plant Bug (about 10%) and Campyloneura virgula (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Spotted Plant Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Sofia (6 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.
