Sphaeniscus sexmaculatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Sphaeniscus sexmaculatus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Sphaeniscus of the family Tephritidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sixspot Fruitfly sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 104th most-seen of the 198 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.
January, March–April and June–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sixspot Fruitfly in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sixspot Fruitfly sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Addo Elephant National Park, in our data
Addo Elephant National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sixspot Fruitfly sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Sixspot Fruitfly that you can see in Addo Elephant National Park (order Diptera, Flies) are Epauletted Hover Fly (about 10%), Palpomya asphaltina (about 10%) and Yellow Fever Mosquito (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sixspot Fruitfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Addo Elephant National Park (8 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.
