Lixus cardui
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Lixus cardui is a species of true weevil found in Europe It was introduced in Australia to control scotch thistle Onopordum acanthium, an invasive weed. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lixus cardui sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 199th most-seen of the 243 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lixus cardui in Fertő-Hanság National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lixus cardui sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Fertő-Hanság National Park, in our data
Fertő-Hanság National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lixus cardui sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Lixus
The closest relatives of the Lixus cardui that you can see in Fertő-Hanság National Park (genus Lixus) are Lixus iridis (about 10%) and Elongated Bean Weevil (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lixus cardui is recorded against all the insects logged in Fertő-Hanság National Park (8 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.
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