Hippodamia sinuata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Hippodamia sinuata, the sinuate lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America and Oceania. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sinuate Lady Beetle sighting in Denver on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 216th most-seen of the 461 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sinuate Lady Beetle in Denver on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Denver's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 15 mm in January.
Only Denver, in our data
Denver is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sinuate Lady Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Hippodamia
The closest relatives of the Sinuate Lady Beetle that you can see in Denver (genus Hippodamia, Oblong Lady Beetles) are Convergent Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Parenthesis Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sinuate Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Denver (17 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.
