Oenopia conglobata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Oenopia conglobata, the poplar ladybird, is a species of ladybird beetle (Coccinellidae) native to continental Europe, Asia and Africa. The adult beetles are 3.5 to 5 mm long and have oval, slightly curved bodies. The elytra are light pink (more rarely red to pale yellow) with a black streak on the inner edges of the elytra, bearing eight square black spots varying in size and sometimes flowing into each other. There are also completely black specimens. The pronotum is light beige and bears seven black, symmetrically arranged spots. The head is black and white. The antennae are yellow, but slightly darker coloured at the end; the legs are yellow brown.
Oenopia conglobata is found in mainland Europe except in the North, North Africa and the temperate regions of Asia. In Great Britain, it is a rare vagrant, with just four records to date, at Flamborough Head in Yorkshire in 2014, Lennoxtown near Glasgow in 2020, Ponteland in Northumberland in 2024, and Great Dunmow, Essex, in 2025. The origin of these records, being so widely spread, suggests at least some are accidental human introductions, rather than natural colonisation; the Lennoxtown record was... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Poplar Ladybird Beetle sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 73 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th most-seen of the 401 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.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Poplar Ladybird Beetle in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in December and January, the lowest months. That is one of Beijing's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 150 mm in July.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Poplar Ladybird Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
5th of 29
Of the 29 cities where we can rate Poplar Ladybird Beetle sightings, Beijing ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan, about 30%), Bucharest (Romania, about 10%) and Almaty (Kazakhstan, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Poplar Ladybird Beetle that you can see in Beijing (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%), Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 10%) and 12-Spot Ladybird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Poplar Ladybird Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Beijing (73 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.
