False Ladybird

False Ladybird

Endomychus coccineus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Kyiv

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

11 Verified sightings at Kyiv
10 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the False Ladybird

Endomychus coccineus, the scarlet endomychus or false ladybird, is a species of beetles in the family Endomychidae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
2 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
<5%
3 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%
4 Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Denmark
<5%
5 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
6 Moscow 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
7 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
8 Vienna 🇦🇹 Austria
<5%
9 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a False Ladybird in Kyiv?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a False Ladybird sighting in Kyiv on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 374th most-seen of the 753 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.

When is the best time to see a False Ladybird in Kyiv?

July to September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a False Ladybird in Kyiv on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a False Ladybird?

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.

Is Kyiv the best place to see a False Ladybird?

2nd of 9

Of the 9 cities where we can rate False Ladybird sightings, Kyiv ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Warsaw (Poland, about 10%).

Where does the False Ladybird sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the False Ladybird is recorded against all the insects logged in Kyiv (11 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.

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