Cercopis sanguinolenta
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Cercopis sanguinolenta is a species of froghopper in the family Cercopidae. This species mainly occurs in southern Europe up to Caucasus and the Near East. These froghoppers inhabit dry, sunny slopes and herbaceous rich clearings.
Cercopis sanguinolenta can reach a length of 6–11 millimetres (0.24–0.43 in). The male is larger than the female. These froghopper are shining black with bright red marks on the elytra, one spot at the base, one spot in the middle and a stripe at the apex.
Bodies in dorsal view are elongated and ovoid. The head is much narrower than the pronotum. Legs are always completely black. Very rarely, red marks are reduced or even missing, and such specimens are almost completely black. The adults of Cercopis, just after getting free from the nymphal exuvia, show pink or whitish markings instead of blood-red.
This species is very similar to Cercopis vulnerata, but its red stripes are smaller and the rear stripe is only slightly curved, while in Cercopis vulnerata it is U-shaped. Cercopis sanguinolenta also has a few black spots on the ventral plates of the connexivum, the lateral border of the abdomen. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cercopis sanguinolenta sighting in Ecrins National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 135th most-seen of the 251 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cercopis sanguinolenta in Ecrins National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cercopis sanguinolenta sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Cercopis sanguinolenta sightings, Ecrins National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Vanoise National Park (France, about 20%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Cercopis sanguinolenta that you can see in Ecrins National Park (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are European Striped Shield Bug (about 30%), Spilostethus saxatilis (about 30%) and Sloe Bug (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cercopis sanguinolenta is recorded against all the insects logged in Ecrins National Park (9 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
