Cheilomenes lunata
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Lunate Lady Beetle sighting in West Coast National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lunate Lady Beetle in West Coast National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and April, 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.
Among the best
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Lunate Lady Beetle sightings, West Coast National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 30%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Lunate Lady Beetle that you can see in West Coast National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Saldanha Protea Chafer (about 30%), Obese Lily Weevil (about 20%) and Strandveld Groovewing Flower Beetle (about 20%), 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 West Coast National Park (23 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.
