Azya orbigera
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Azya orbigera, the globe-marked lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America, Oceania, and South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 7 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Globe-Marked Lady Beetle sighting in San José on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 85th most-seen of the 239 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.
February–August and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Globe-Marked Lady Beetle in San José on a given day, against under 5% in January and September–November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Globe-Marked Lady Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Globe-Marked Lady Beetle sightings, San José ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Valencia (Venezuela, about 20%), Caracas (Venezuela, about 10%) and Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Globe-Marked Lady Beetle that you can see in San José (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 20%), Six-Spotted Zigzag Ladybird (about 10%) and Spotless Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Globe-Marked Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (17 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.
