Eurydema oleracea
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Eurydema oleracea is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae commonly known as the rape bug, crucifer shield bug, cabbage bug, or brassica bug. Its specific name oleracea means "related to vegetables/herbs" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus (oleraceus).
The rape bug has a shiny, flat, dark-colored body about 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and 4 mm (0.16 in) wide. The species has a dark ground colour, which is overlain with red, yellow, cream, white, or orange markings. An oval spot is on the top of the mesonotum and one on each of the elytra, as well as a longitudinal stripe on the prothorax. In young adults, these spots are yellow, but change to white or red in older bugs. The colour of the abdomen changes at the same time from buff to black. Such age-specific changes in the imago coloration are connected with sexual maturation of the bugs and often take place in diapausing imagos at the time they are becoming active again.
The eggs are cylindrical and buff-colored with a dark pattern. They are laid on the stems and inflorescences of host plants in batches usually of about 12 eggs in two neat rows. Each female lays 60 to 80 eggs over a period... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 7 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 2 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 8 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 9 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cabbage Bug sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 119th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cabbage Bug in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cabbage Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Cabbage Bug sightings, Mercantour National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Vanoise National Park (France, about 20%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 10%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Cabbage Bug that you can see in Mercantour National Park (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Sloe Bug (about 30%), European Striped Shield Bug (about 20%) and Carpocoris melanocerus (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cabbage Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (19 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.
