Spilostethus pandurus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Spilostethus pandurus is a species of "seed bugs" belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae. The species was described in 1763 by Scopoli in his "Entomologica carniolica" with locus typicus from the area around Ljubljana. Scopoli does not mention the etymology of the species name but may have named it for the Panduri infantry unit of the Habsburg monarchy.
This species can be found in the Euro-mediterranean-Turaniaan Region, with a more southern distribution than Spilostethus saxatilis. It is present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Lebanon, in the Afrotropical realm. and in the southern Asia to India and China.
Spilostethus pandurus can reach a length of 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Milkweed Bug sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 264 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 and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Milkweed Bug in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in April, July, October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Tel Aviv's driest months, with almost no rain against 90 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Milkweed 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.
16th of 30
Of the 30 cities where we can rate Indian Milkweed Bug sightings, Tel Aviv ranks 16th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cairo (Egypt, about 40%), Jerusalem (Israel, about 30%) and Antalya (Turkey, about 20%).
Same family: Lygaeidae
The closest relatives of the Indian Milkweed Bug that you can see in Tel Aviv (family Lygaeidae, Seed Bugs) are Oleander Seedbug (about 10%) and Cretan Seed Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Milkweed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Tel Aviv (16 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.
