Epilachna borealis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Epilachna borealis is a species of plant eating lady beetle that can commonly be found in the eastern United States. It is yellow with seven large black spots on each elytron and four small black spots on the pronotum. The species feeds on cucurbitaceous plants. Its common name is squash beetle. It is often mistaken for other types of ladybug or a cucumber beetle because of its similar appearance. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Squash Lady Beetle sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 379th most-seen of the 822 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.
June to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Squash Lady Beetle in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Squash 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.
Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Squash Lady Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Squash Lady Beetle that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%), Spotted Pink Lady Beetle (about 10%) and Seven-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 Squash Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (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.
