Rhyparochromus pini
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Rhyparochromus pini is a species of dirt-colored seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae, found in the Palearctic. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Kazan | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Spotted Groundbug sighting in Vanoise National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 220th most-seen of the 308 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Spotted Groundbug in Vanoise National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–May, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Spotted Groundbug sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Black-Spotted Groundbug sightings, Vanoise National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Pyrénées National Park (France, under 5%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Black-Spotted Groundbug that you can see in Vanoise National Park (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Sloe Bug (about 30%), Eurydema rotundicollis (about 20%) and Rosy Plant Bug (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Spotted Groundbug is recorded against all the insects logged in Vanoise National Park (6 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.
