Stenopterus rufus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Stenopterus rufus is a beetle species of round-necked longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Cerambycinae. Subspecies and varietas include: Stenopterus rufus rufus (Linnaeus, 1767) Stenopterus rufus rufus var. caubeti Podaný, 1957
The body has a velvet-like hair. Elytra are very narrow. Antennae are about as long as the body and clearly segmented. The head and pronotum are black colored and the abdomen has a black background color horizontally crossed by yellow stripes. The first two segments of their antennae are black, the color of the following ones is variable but generally yellow with items III to V black at the apex, but sometimes items III to XI are entirely yellow or entirely black. Elytra... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Stenopterus rufus sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 113th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Stenopterus rufus in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months. Those are among Tel Aviv's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 90 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stenopterus rufus sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Stenopterus rufus sightings, Tel Aviv ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Barcelona (Spain, about 10%).
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Stenopterus rufus that you can see in Tel Aviv (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Certallum ebulinum (about 10%), Agapanthia suturalis (about 10%) and Mango Stem Borer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stenopterus rufus is recorded against all the insects logged in Tel Aviv (13 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.
