Hermetia hunteri
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Hermetia hunteri is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hermetia hunteri sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 255th most-seen of the 329 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hermetia hunteri in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August–September and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hermetia hunteri 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 Big Bend National Park, in our data
Big Bend National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hermetia hunteri sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Hermetia hunteri that you can see in Big Bend National Park (order Diptera, Flies) are Large Creosote Gall Midge (about 20%), Yellow-Spotted Bromeliad Fly (about 10%) and Diacrita costalis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hermetia hunteri is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (6 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.
