Endomychus coccineus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Endomychus coccineus, the scarlet endomychus or false ladybird, is a species of beetles in the family Endomychidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a False Ladybird sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 392nd 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a False Ladybird in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–May, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most False Ladybird 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 False Ladybird sightings, Helsinki ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Warsaw (Poland, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, under 5%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the False Ladybird that you can see in Helsinki (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 30%), Alder Leaf Beetle (about 20%) and Common Red Soldier Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the False Ladybird is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (13 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.
