Megalocaria dilatata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Megalocaria dilatata, is a species of lady beetle native to India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Body length is about 11 mm.This large ladybeetle has a circular outline and hemispherical strongly convex dorsum. Body bright orange to yellowish. There are ten black spots on elytra (five in each elytron). Spots are arranged in three rows of 1:2:2 fashion. Lateral margin of pronotum and elytral anterolateral margins are black. There is a diamond-shaped elongate spot on either side of inner margin of eyes on head. Scutellum totally black. Elytral marginal portion is much darker than the rest of the elytra. Elytra glabrous and finely punctate. Elytral interspace covered with micro sculptures. Ventrally, there is a prominent black spot found at the line of metasternum, and elytral epipleuron. Pronotum faint orange to yellow in color with two prominent black spots which are located on either side of scutellum.
Body length is about 2.5 to 2.8 mm. Mating takes place in the morning. After the mating, female lays about 6 to 34 eggs in clutches. Egg stage is about 4 days. Larva undergo 4 instar stages, which lasted for about 9 days. The pre-pupal stage is about 2 days and... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Megalocaria dilatata sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 422nd most-seen of the 765 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and April–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Megalocaria dilatata in Taipei on a given day, against under 5% in March and June–January, the lowest months.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Megalocaria dilatata sightings, Taipei ranks 3rd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bengaluru (India, under 5%) and Hong Kong (China, under 5%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Megalocaria dilatata that you can see in Taipei (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Six-Spotted Zigzag Ladybird (about 20%), Oenopia formosana (about 10%) and Greater Asian Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Megalocaria dilatata is recorded against all the insects logged in Taipei (15 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.
