What are the chances of seeing a Pycnogaster jugicola in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pycnogaster jugicola sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 100th most-seen of the 597 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.
When is the best time to see a Pycnogaster jugicola in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pycnogaster jugicola in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to February, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra de Guadarrama National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 110 mm in November.
What time of day is best to see a Pycnogaster jugicola?
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pycnogaster jugicola sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Pycnogaster jugicola?
Only Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, in our data
Sierra de Guadarrama National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pycnogaster jugicola sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Pycnogaster jugicola live in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Pycnogaster jugicola that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Lluciapomaresius stalii (about 20%), Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 10%) and Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Pycnogaster jugicola sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pycnogaster jugicola is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (40 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.