Coccinella quinquepunctata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Coccinella quinquepunctata is a species of ladybird beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Its common names in English include five-spot ladybird. The species overwinters in the pine trees of the Netherlands. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 2 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 5 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a 5-Spotted Lady Beetle sighting in Novosibirsk on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 190th most-seen of the 216 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
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a 5-Spotted Lady Beetle in Novosibirsk on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most 5-Spotted Lady Beetle 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 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate 5-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings, Novosibirsk ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Minsk (Belarus, about 10%) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia, under 5%).
Same genus: Coccinella
The closest relatives of the 5-Spotted Lady Beetle that you can see in Novosibirsk (genus Coccinella) are Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Scarce Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the 5-Spotted Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Novosibirsk (5 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.
