Calvia quatuordecimguttata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Calvia quatuordecimguttata, the cream-spot ladybird, is a species of ladybird in the family Coccinellidae. Its distribution is holarctic, it being found in North America, Europe and through the East Palearctic to Japan. This ladybird is generally 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in) in length, and varies in appearance depending on the geographical location. It usually lives in hedgerows and deciduous trees.
This ladybird was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Coccinella 14-guttata. As ladybirds were further studied, it was transferred to the genus Calvia which was erected in 1873 by the French entomologist Étienne Mulsant. The specific name comes from quatuordecim, the Latin for "fourteen" and guttata, the Latin for "spotted".
This ladybird is also sometimes known as the cream-spotted ladybird, polkadot ladybird or eighteen spot ladybird, and may be confused with another beetle also known as the eighteen-spot ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata). The latter is usually found on pine trees, is smaller and a paler brown colour, and has a characteristic M-shaped white mark on its pronotum.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Anchorage | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 8 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cream-Spotted Ladybird sighting in Snowdonia National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 336th most-seen of the 387 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.
April–May and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cream-Spotted Ladybird in Snowdonia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–March, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cream-Spotted Ladybird sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Cream-Spotted Ladybird sightings, Snowdonia National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%) and Cairngorms National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Cream-Spotted Ladybird that you can see in Snowdonia National Park (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 20%), Asian Lady Beetle (about 20%) and Orange Ladybird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cream-Spotted Ladybird is recorded against all the insects logged in Snowdonia National Park (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.
