Cosmopepla conspicillaris
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Cosmopepla conspicillaris is a species of insect in the family Pentatomidae first described by William Dallas in 1851. Due to its common preference for plants in the genus Stachys, it is often called the hedgenettle stink bug. It is also known as the conspicuous stink bug, two-spotted stink bug or happy bespectacled stink bug depending on locality. The name two-spotted stink bug is better applied to another species, Perillus bioculatus (Fabricius, 1775). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hedge Nettle Stink Bug sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 161 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hedge Nettle Stink Bug in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in May and September–March, the lowest months. That is one of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 190 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hedge Nettle Stink Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Hedge Nettle Stink Bug sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Yosemite National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Hedge Nettle Stink Bug that you can see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are North American Common Water Strider (about 10%), Manzanita Leafgall Aphid (about 10%) and Small Milkweed Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hedge Nettle Stink Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (15 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.
