Megalocaria dilatata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Megalocaria dilatata, is a species of lady beetle native to India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Body length is about 11 mm.This large ladybeetle has a circular outline and hemispherical strongly convex dorsum. Body bright orange to yellowish. There are ten black spots on elytra (five in each elytron). Spots are arranged in three rows of 1:2:2 fashion. Lateral margin of pronotum and elytral anterolateral margins are black. There is a diamond-shaped elongate spot on either side of inner margin of eyes on head. Scutellum totally black. Elytral marginal portion is much darker than the rest of the elytra. Elytra glabrous and finely punctate. Elytral interspace covered with micro sculptures. Ventrally, there is a prominent black spot found at the line of metasternum, and elytral epipleuron. Pronotum faint orange to yellow in color with two prominent black spots which are located on either side of scutellum.
Body length is about 2.5 to 2.8 mm. Mating takes place in the morning. After the mating, female lays about 6 to 34 eggs in clutches. Egg stage is about 4 days. Larva undergo 4 instar stages, which lasted for about 9 days. The pre-pupal stage is about 2 days and... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Megalocaria dilatata sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 506th most-seen of the 1125 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.
March and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Megalocaria dilatata in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and July–February, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in December.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Megalocaria dilatata sightings, Hong Kong ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bengaluru (India, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Megalocaria dilatata is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (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.
