Cycloneda polita
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Cycloneda polita, known generally as the western blood-red lady beetle, polished ladybug, or western spotless ladybird beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America. It has red elytra without spots and a black thorax marked with a white rim and crescents. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Polished Lady Beetle sighting in Yosemite National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 94th most-seen of the 227 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.
March and May–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Polished Lady Beetle in Yosemite National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and August–February, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Polished Lady Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Western Polished Lady Beetle sightings, Yosemite National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (United States, about 20%).
Same family: Coccinellidae
The closest relatives of the Western Polished Lady Beetle that you can see in Yosemite National Park (family Coccinellidae, Lady Beetles) are Convergent Lady Beetle (about 30%), Flying Saucer Lady Beetle (about 10%) and Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Polished Lady Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Yosemite National Park (16 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.
