Eurydema oleracea
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cabbage Bug sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 212th most-seen of the 1277 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cabbage Bug in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–February, 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.
8th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Cabbage Bug sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mercantour National Park (France, about 20%), Vanoise National Park (France, about 20%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cabbage Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (42 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.
