Azya orbigera
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Azya orbigera, the globe-marked lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America, Oceania, and South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Globe-Marked Lady Beetle sighting in Guatemala City on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 24th most-seen of the 87 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May–June and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Globe-Marked Lady Beetle in Guatemala City on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–February, the lowest months. Those are among Guatemala City's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in January.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Globe-Marked 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.
3rd of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Globe-Marked Lady Beetle sightings, Guatemala City ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Valencia (Venezuela, about 20%) and Caracas (Venezuela, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Globe-Marked Lady Beetle that you can see in Guatemala City (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 40%), Spotless Lady Beetle (about 10%) and Six-Spotted Zigzag Ladybird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Globe-Marked Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Guatemala City (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.
