Mulsantina picta
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Mulsantina picta (the painted lady beetle or pine lady beetle) is a species of ladybug belonging to the subfamily Coccinellinae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Lady Beetle sighting in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 200th most-seen of the 235 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
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Lady Beetle in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of Great Bear Rainforest's driest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 480 mm in November.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Painted 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.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Painted Lady Beetle sightings, Great Bear Rainforest ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Grand Canyon National Park (United States, about 10%), Yellowstone National Park (United States, about 10%) and Rocky Mountain National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Painted Lady Beetle that you can see in Great Bear Rainforest (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 10%), California Lady Beetle (about 10%) and Two-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Painted Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Bear Rainforest (5 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.
