Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler

Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler

Euura viminalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Sierra Nevada National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

28 Verified sightings at Sierra Nevada National Park From 2019 to 2026
28 In 1 park
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler

Euura viminalis is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). The larva feed within galls on the leaves of willows (Salix species). It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

The gall is found on the underside of a leaf of the host plant. It is egg shaped when young, becomes globular as it matures, has brown warts and is usually hairless. It can have a diameter of up to 5 mm and can have a red tinge. On the upperside of the leaf there is a brownish circular depression. The galls can be found on the leaves of osier (Salix viminalis) and purple willow (Salix purpurea).

This species is found in most of south and central Europe north to southern Sweden. It is common in Great Britain and Ireland. Three weevils have been found living in the galls, Melanapion minimum, Archarius crux and A. salicivorus. The larva of the eurytomid wasp, Eurytoma aciculata lives in the gall and kills the sawfly larvae. The tortricid moth, Gypsonoma dealbana usually feeds on various parts of willow but have been found inside the gall, killing the... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Paris 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler in Sierra Nevada National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 390th most-seen of the 479 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 an Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler in Sierra Nevada National Park?

September

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see an Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler?

Only Sierra Nevada National Park, in our data

Sierra Nevada National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Unbisecting Purple Pea-Galler is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra Nevada National Park (28 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.

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