Cycloneda sanguinea
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Cycloneda sanguinea, also known as the spotless lady beetle, is a widespread species of ladybird beetle in the Americas. Cycloneda sanguinea is the most widespread ladybird beetle in Latin America, typically found in plant-dense landscapes ranging from the southern United States to Argentina, and eastward to the Cayman Islands. There are several species of ladybeetle that look similar to the spotless ladybeetle. On the Galápagos Islands, it lives in sympatry with its sister species, Cycloneda galapagensis.
Cycloneda sanguinea is a large ladybird beetle with red, unspotted elytra (wing covers) ranging from 4-6.5 mm long. The color ranges from orange to deep red. The white and black marks on the head and pronotum are very distinctive, and are gender-specific. Females and males both have white spots on the black part, but the female has black in the center, continuing down into the face, while the male has a white cleft above the head and a white face. These ladybugs are often found feeding on aphids on milkweeds, but also occur on a number of other plants.
Their eggs are typically orange or yellow, and around 1 mm in diameter. The larvae are larger... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Tijuana | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 6 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 9 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotless Lady Beetle sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 27th most-seen of the 169 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and March–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotless Lady Beetle in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against under 5% in February and December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotless 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.
37th of 46
Of the 46 cities where we can rate Spotless Lady Beetle sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 37th at about 10%. The best odds are in Goiânia (Brazil, about 40%), Lima (Peru, about 30%) and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia, about 30%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Spotless Lady Beetle that you can see in Rio de Janeiro (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (about 10%), Asian Lady Beetle (about 10%) and Hadda Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotless Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Rio de Janeiro (26 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.
