Cycloneda munda
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Cycloneda munda, known generally as the polished lady beetle or immaculate ladybird beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in Eastern North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 10 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polished Lady Beetle sighting in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] on a given day, based on 61 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 145th most-seen of the 672 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Polished Lady Beetle in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Minneapolis [Saint Paul]'s wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in January.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Polished Lady Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Polished Lady Beetle sightings, Minneapolis [Saint Paul] has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Chicago (United States, about 10%) and Washington (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Polished Lady Beetle that you can see in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%), Spotted Pink Lady Beetle (about 10%) and Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Polished Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Minneapolis [Saint Paul] (61 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.
