Lunate Lady Beetle

Lunate Lady Beetle

Cheilomenes lunata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at De Hoop Nature Reserve

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

12 Verified sightings at De Hoop Nature Reserve From 2019 to 2026
308 In all 10 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Lunate Lady Beetle

Cheilomenes lunata is a species of ladybird. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
2 West Coast National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
3 De Hoop Nature Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
4 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
5 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
6 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~10%
7 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~10%
8 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
9 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
10 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Pretoria 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
2 Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
3 Johannesburg 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
4 Cape Town 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
5 Harare 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~10%
6 Durban 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Lunate Lady Beetle in De Hoop Nature Reserve?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lunate Lady Beetle sighting in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 25 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Lunate Lady Beetle in De Hoop Nature Reserve?

April and September

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lunate Lady Beetle in De Hoop Nature Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March, June and November–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Lunate Lady Beetle?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lunate 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.

Is De Hoop Nature Reserve the best place to see a Lunate Lady Beetle?

3rd of 10

Of the 10 parks where we can rate Lunate Lady Beetle sightings, De Hoop Nature Reserve ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 30%) and West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 30%).

Where does the Lunate Lady Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Lunate Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in De Hoop Nature Reserve (12 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.

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