Scymnodes lividigaster
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Apolinus lividigaster, the yellow-shouldered ladybird, is a small ladybird beetle found in Australia and New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand, New Caledonia, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Samoa and Hawaii. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Shouldered Ladybird sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 139 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 86th most-seen of the 742 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.
August to April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Shouldered Ladybird in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in May to July, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Shouldered Ladybird sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Yellow-Shouldered Ladybird sightings, Sydney ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Brisbane (Australia, about 10%) and Auckland (New Zealand, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Shouldered Ladybird that you can see in Sydney (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Variable Ladybird Beetle (about 20%), Fungus-Eating Ladybird (about 20%) and Large Spotted Ladybird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Shouldered Ladybird is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (139 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.
