Stenodema laevigata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Stenodema laevigatum, or sometimes Stenodema laevigata (also called grass bug), is a species of bug from Miridae family. The species have a gray to brown elongated body, with the eyes located backwards in the head. They sometimes come in green colour, and are 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) in length, which makes it a rather big species of its kind. They are common in the United Kingdom, and throughout the rest of Europe. then east across the Palearctic through Asia Minor and the Caucasus to northern China. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 6 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 7 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grass Bug sighting in Stockholm on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 73rd most-seen of the 202 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.
April–June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grass Bug in Stockholm on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–March, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grass 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.
Among the best
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Grass Bug sightings, Stockholm ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%), Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 10%) and London (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Miridae
The closest relatives of the Grass Bug that you can see in Stockholm (family Miridae, Plant Bugs) are Closterotomus biclavatus (about 10%), Streaked Plant Bug (about 10%) and Three Spotted Nettle Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grass Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Stockholm (11 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.
