Calvia quatuordecimguttata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Calvia quatuordecimguttata, the cream-spot ladybird, is a species of ladybird in the family Coccinellidae. Its distribution is holarctic, it being found in North America, Europe and through the East Palearctic to Japan. This ladybird is generally 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in) in length, and varies in appearance depending on the geographical location. It usually lives in hedgerows and deciduous trees.
This ladybird was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Coccinella 14-guttata. As ladybirds were further studied, it was transferred to the genus Calvia which was erected in 1873 by the French entomologist Étienne Mulsant. The specific name comes from quatuordecim, the Latin for "fourteen" and guttata, the Latin for "spotted".
This ladybird is also sometimes known as the cream-spotted ladybird, polkadot ladybird or eighteen spot ladybird, and may be confused with another beetle also known as the eighteen-spot ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata). The latter is usually found on pine trees, is smaller and a paler brown colour, and has a characteristic M-shaped white mark on its pronotum.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Anchorage | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 8 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cream-Spotted Ladybird sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 93 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 811 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cream-Spotted Ladybird in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in December and January, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cream-Spotted Ladybird 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.
Among the best
Of the 34 cities where we can rate Cream-Spotted Ladybird sightings, Birmingham ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Cream-Spotted Ladybird that you can see in Birmingham (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 50%), Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 50%) and Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cream-Spotted Ladybird is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (93 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.
