What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Harlequin ladybird been recorded?

Harmonia axyridis occurrence evidence comes from 57,458 records in 60 countries and territories, from 1905 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

InsectaColeopteraCoccinellidaeHarmonia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

57,458 records across 60 countries and territories, 1905–2026.

Harmonia axyridis · GBIF taxon key 4989904

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

9 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19052026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Harlequin ladybird has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Harlequin ladybird. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Belgium 17,460
United Kingdom 9,546
United States 9,027
Sweden 5,643
South Korea 4,293
Germany 3,546
Canada 3,178
Austria 636
France 612
Netherlands 413
Russia 367
Switzerland 337
Brazil 322
Luxembourg 219
Czechia 189
Argentina 184
New Zealand 179
Italy 159
Denmark 154
Poland 112
Ukraine 98
Bulgaria 91
Mexico 83
South Africa 73
Hungary 49
Chile 48
Croatia 48
Japan 39
Romania 37
Uruguay 36
Colombia 31
Peru 31
Greece 17
Türkiye 17
Belarus 16
Lithuania 15
Spain 14
Costa Rica 13
Ireland 13
Jersey 13

Showing the top 40 of 60 places.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.