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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Bishkek | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | |
| 5 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 7 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 8 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 10 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle sighting in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 325th most-seen of the 723 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–May, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fourteen-Spotted 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.
Among the best
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle sightings, Shenandoah National Park ranks 8th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%), Wadden Sea National Park (Germany, about 10%) and Snowdonia National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle that you can see in Shenandoah National Park (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Asian Lady Beetle (about 30%), Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Spotted Pink Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fourteen-Spotted Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Shenandoah 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.
