Contarinia petioli
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Contarinia petioli sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 964th most-seen of the 1115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Contarinia petioli in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October–April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Contarinia petioli sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Bavarian Forest National Park, in our data
Bavarian Forest National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Contarinia petioli sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cecidomyiidae
The closest relatives of the Contarinia petioli that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (family Cecidomyiidae, Gall and Forest Midges) are Beech Gall Midge (about 10%), Hairy Beech Gall (about 10%) and Willow Rose Gall Midge (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Contarinia petioli is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest 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.
