Gastrodes grossipes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Gastrodes grossipes, the pine cone bug, is a true bug found in most of Europe except in the far north. To the east, the distribution area extends over Asia minor and the Caucasus, and then across the Palearctic to Siberia. The food plant is Scots pine. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 6 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pinecone Bug sighting in Vienna on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 666th 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.
March–April and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pinecone Bug in Vienna on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and May–November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pinecone Bug sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Pinecone Bug sightings, Vienna ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Helsinki (Finland, about 10%), Minsk (Belarus, about 10%) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pinecone Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Vienna (17 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.
