Psyllobora variegata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Variegated Fungus-Eating Lady Beetle sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 128th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Variegated Fungus-Eating Lady Beetle in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May and November, the lowest months. That is one of Pretoria's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 130 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Variegated Fungus-Eating Lady 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.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Variegated Fungus-Eating Lady Beetle sightings, Pretoria has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Cape Town (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Variegated Fungus-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 Variegated Fungus-Eating Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Pretoria (11 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.
