Hippodamia quinquesignata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Hippodamia quinquesignata, the five-spotted lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America. Adults reach a length of about 4-7 mm. In subspecies quinquesignata, the pronotum sometimes has convergent pale spots. The colour pattern of the elytron is extremely variable. Subspecies ambigua is usually, but not always, spotless. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle sighting in San Francisco on a given day, based on 267 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 106th most-seen of the 737 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle in San Francisco on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months. Those are among San Francisco's driest months, with almost no rain against 110 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only San Francisco, in our data
San Francisco is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the American Five-Spotted Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in San Francisco (267 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.
