Cheilomenes lunata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Cheilomenes lunata is a species of ladybird. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 7 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lunate Lady Beetle sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 232 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 311 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July and October–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lunate Lady Beetle in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lunate 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.
4th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Lunate Lady Beetle sightings, Cape Town ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Pretoria (South Africa, about 30%), Nairobi (Kenya, about 20%) and Johannesburg (South Africa, about 20%).
Same genus: Cheilomenes
The closest relatives of the Lunate Lady Beetle that you can see in Cape Town (genus Cheilomenes) are Cheilomenes propinqua (about 10%) and Sulfurous Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lunate Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (232 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.
