Coccinella quinquepunctata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Coccinella quinquepunctata is a species of ladybird beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Its common names in English include five-spot ladybird. The species overwinters in the pine trees of the Netherlands. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 2 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 5 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a 5-Spotted Lady Beetle sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 509th most-seen of the 838 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.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a 5-Spotted Lady Beetle in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most 5-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.
4th of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate 5-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings, Helsinki ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Minsk (Belarus, about 10%), Nizhny Novgorod (Russia, under 5%) and Novosibirsk (Russia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the 5-Spotted Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (9 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.
