Steganocerus multipunctatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Steganocerus multipunctatus, the ladybird bug, is a Sub-Saharan African member of the Hemiptera with a strong resemblance to a ladybird. It is the only species in the genus Steganocerus. It is normally black with bright orange spots, but is quite variable in colour and may be brown without spots. It shares Müllerian mimicry with the Tortoise beetle Chiridopsis suffriani, and a spider Paraplectana thorntoni.
Steganocerus multipunctatus is one of the Rhynchota whose presence has been recorded on a wide range of indigenous plants and cultivated crops such as cotton. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ladybird Bug sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 195th most-seen of the 274 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.
February–March and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ladybird Bug in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in April–October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Pretoria's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ladybird Bug sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Pretoria, in our data
Pretoria is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ladybird Bug sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Ladybird Bug that you can see in Pretoria (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Oncopeltus famelicus (about 20%), Brown Stink Bug (about 20%) and Southern Green Stink Bug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ladybird Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Pretoria (6 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.
