Clytra quadripunctata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Clytra quadripunctata is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae. Its common name is Four spotted leaf beetle. This species is present in the western Palearctic realm from Europe (Bohemia, Moravia, France, Germany, Italy, Slovakia and the north of Spain) to Mongolia. They can be found on woody plants, roadside edges, dry grasslands and forest edges.
Clytra quadripunctata can reach a body length of about 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in). These beetles show 4 black spots on the yellow-red wing covers. This species is very similar to Clytra laeviuscula, but Clytra quadripunctata has rounded and smaller posterior spots on the elytra.
The main criterion for distinguishing the two species is located in the center of the pronotum: it is regularly punctate in Clytra quadripunctata and not shiny, but smooth and shiny in Clytra laeviuscula. Adults can be found from April to the end of August. This species of beetle is common in the spring on the flowering blackberry bushes and consumes the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Four Spotted Leaf Beetle sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 307th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Four Spotted Leaf Beetle in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Four Spotted Leaf Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mercantour National Park, in our data
Mercantour National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Four Spotted Leaf Beetle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Chrysomelidae
The closest relatives of the Four Spotted Leaf Beetle that you can see in Mercantour National Park (family Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles) are Black-Punctured Leaf Beetle (about 20%), Daffodil Leaf-Beetle (about 10%) and Bloody-Nosed Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Four Spotted Leaf Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (7 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.
