Hippodamia quinquesignata
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Hippodamia quinquesignata, the five-spotted lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America. Adults reach a length of about 4-7 mm. In subspecies quinquesignata, the pronotum sometimes has convergent pale spots. The colour pattern of the elytron is extremely variable. Subspecies ambigua is usually, but not always, spotless. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle sighting in Channel Islands National Park on a given day, based on 83 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 131 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle in Channel Islands National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December, the lowest month. Those are among Channel Islands National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 60 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Channel Islands National Park, in our data
Channel Islands National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Channel Islands National Park (83 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.
