Propylaea quatuordecimpunctata
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Bishkek | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | |
| 5 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 7 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 8 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 10 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 357 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 811 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.
April and May
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in October to February, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 52 cities where we can rate Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings, Birmingham has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 20%) and London (United Kingdom, about 20%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle that you can see in Birmingham (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 50%), Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 50%) and Two-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (357 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.
