Coccinella leonina
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Coccinella leonina, common name orange-spotted ladybird or pāpapa kōpure, is a species of ladybird native to New Zealand. It is black with orange spots. A predator species, it is present in a variety of habitats. Coccinella leonina was first described using the modern system of nomenclature in 1775 by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius. He noted that the species was collected in "nova Hollandia" (Australia), but later authors regard this as an error. The type specimens (the specimens the species description is based on) are stored in the Natural History Museum of London. The species is commonly referred to as the orange-spotted ladybird.
Coccinella leonina or as its common name of orange spotted ladybird suggests, has 16 yellow/orange spots on its black body, with a squarish yellow/orange spot on both sides above the pronotum on the thorax and then 14 other spots on its black elytra which are larger and mostly separated by 1 mm diameter of the black background at the most. It also has a paler blotch above its eyes. The legs and underside are black. Its length typically varies between 4.5 and 5.5 mm long. The elytra is an oval shape that is... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Spotted Ladybird Beetle sighting in Arthur's Pass National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 60 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.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Spotted Ladybird Beetle in Arthur's Pass National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Spotted Ladybird Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Arthur's Pass National Park, in our data
Arthur's Pass National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orange-Spotted Ladybird Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Orange-Spotted Ladybird Beetle that you can see in Arthur's Pass National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Garner’s Tiger Beetle (about 20%), Manuka Beetle (about 10%) and Beech Buprestid Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-Spotted Ladybird Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Arthur's Pass National Park (5 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.
