Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle

Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle

Harmonia sedecimnotata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Bandung

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

9 Verified sightings at Bandung
28 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle

Harmonia sedecimnotata is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. The species is found in southern China, eastern India, Nepal and Southeast Asia. The species is predatory. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
2 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
3 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%
4 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle in Bandung?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle sighting in Bandung on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 86th most-seen of the 156 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.

When is the best time to see a Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle in Bandung?

April, June, October and December–February

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle in Bandung on a given day, against under 5% in March, May, July–September and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Bandung the best place to see a Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle?

2nd of 4

Of the 4 cities where we can rate Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings, Bandung ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kathmandu (Nepal, about 20%).

Where does the Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Sixteen-Spotted Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Bandung (9 verified sightings), 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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