Carpocoris mediterraneus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Carpocoris mediterraneus, the red shield bug, is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 210th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and July–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Shield Bug in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in June and October–March, the lowest months. Those are among Tel Aviv's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 90 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Shield 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.
11th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Red Shield Bug sightings, Tel Aviv ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Algiers (Algeria, about 30%), Jerusalem (Israel, about 20%) and Izmir (Turkey, about 20%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Red Shield Bug that you can see in Tel Aviv (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Red Cabbage Bug (about 10%), Acrosternum millierei (about 10%) and Southern Green Stink Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Shield Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Tel Aviv (7 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.
