Northern Fruit Bug

Northern Fruit Bug

Carpocoris fuscispinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Vienna

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

15 Verified sightings at Vienna
75 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Northern Fruit Bug

Carpocoris fuscispinus is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
~20%
2 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
3 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Stockholm 🇸🇪 Sweden
~10%
2 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
3 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
4 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
~10%
5 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
6 Cologne 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
7 Hamburg 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
8 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
<5%
9 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Northern Fruit Bug in Vienna?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Fruit Bug sighting in Vienna on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 698th most-seen of the 1406 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Northern Fruit Bug in Vienna?

July

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Fruit Bug in Vienna on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Vienna's wettest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Northern Fruit Bug?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Fruit Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Vienna the best place to see a Northern Fruit Bug?

9th of 9

Of the 9 cities where we can rate Northern Fruit Bug sightings, Vienna ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Stockholm (Sweden, about 10%), Warsaw (Poland, about 10%) and Berlin (Germany, about 10%).

Where does the Northern Fruit Bug sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Northern Fruit Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Vienna (15 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.

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