Eurydema ornata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Eurydema ornata, sometimes called the "red cabbage bug", is a species of Palaearctic and Oriental realm shield bugs in the tribe Strachiini. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cabbage Bug sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 126th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and June–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Cabbage Bug in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red 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.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Red Cabbage Bug sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 30%), Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 20%) and Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%).
Same family: Pentatomidae
The closest relatives of the Red Cabbage Bug that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Pentatomidae, Stink Bugs) are Red Shield Bug (about 20%), European Striped Shield Bug (about 10%) and Southern Green Stink Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Cabbage Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (30 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.
