Mulsantina picta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Mulsantina picta (the painted lady beetle or pine lady beetle) is a species of ladybug belonging to the subfamily Coccinellinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Lady Beetle sighting in Portland on a given day, based on 67 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 96th most-seen of the 507 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.
March–July and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Lady Beetle in Portland on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and August–November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Painted 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.
Yes
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Painted Lady Beetle sightings, Portland has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Seattle (United States, about 10%) and Vancouver (Canada, under 5%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Painted Lady Beetle that you can see in Portland (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%), Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Western Polished Lady Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Painted Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Portland (67 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.
