Novius iceryae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Novius iceryae is a species of ladybird beetle native to Afrotropical realm, and was described from South Africa. It is also found in Senegal. In 1880, Novius iceryae was used to successfully control cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi in South Africa. It was later introduced in New Zealand for the management of cottony cushion scale. This and related species were formerly classified in the genus Rodolia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a South African Scale-Eating Lady Beetle 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.
January–February and April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a South African Scale-Eating Lady Beetle in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–December, the lowest months. Those are among Pretoria's wettest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Only Pretoria, in our data
Pretoria is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate South African Scale-Eating Lady Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the South African Scale-Eating Lady Beetle that you can see in Pretoria (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%), Lunate Lady Beetle (about 30%) and Cheilomenes propinqua (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the South African Scale-Eating Lady Beetle 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.
