Anatis ocellata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Anatis ocellata, commonly known as the eyed ladybug, is a species of ladybug in the family Coccinellidae. It has black spots on a red background, though a brown background has been seen in Alberta, with each spot surrounded by a yellowish halo. In one color variation, a specimen found in Scotland was reported having the spots fused to form longitudinal lines. Sometimes can also be found variation where black spots are absent.
The species is found from continental Europe, in transcontinental Russia, in central Asia, in Mongolia, in northern China, in Western Canada and to the Korean Peninsula and also Turkey. The primary habitat is temperate coniferous forest including Central European mixed forests and Sarmatic mixed forests, Scandinavian montane birch forest. Most frequently on pines but also on Picea abies and other Picea species, Betula pendula and other Betula species, and Populus tremula. Adults are entomophagous, mainly feeding on aphids on coniferous trees
The species feeds on aphids such as Eucallipterus tiliae, Tuberculatus annulatus, Euceraphis betulae, Cavariella konoi, Acyrthosiphon ignotum, A. pisum, and Macrosiphoniella artemisiae. They... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 2 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 5 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 7 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eyed Ladybird Beetle sighting in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 87th most-seen of the 405 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eyed Ladybird Beetle in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, against under 5% in July–September and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eyed Ladybird 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.
Among the best
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Eyed Ladybird Beetle sightings, Nizhny Novgorod ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Minsk (Belarus, about 10%), Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and Novosibirsk (Russia, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Eyed Ladybird Beetle that you can see in Nizhny Novgorod (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%), Asian Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Two-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eyed Ladybird Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Nizhny Novgorod (15 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.
