Cheilomenes lunata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Cheilomenes lunata is a species of ladybird. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 7 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lunate Lady Beetle sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 60 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.
April, June and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lunate Lady Beetle in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–March, the lowest months.
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.
6th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Lunate Lady Beetle sightings, Namib-Naukluft National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 30%), West Coast National Park (South Africa, about 30%) and De Hoop Nature Reserve (South Africa, about 20%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Lunate Lady Beetle that you can see in Namib-Naukluft National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Anthracocentrus capensis (about 10%), Somaticus bohemani (about 10%) and Julodis mitifica (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lunate Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Namib-Naukluft National Park (10 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.
