Xylota flavitarsis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Xylota flavitarsis is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Xylota flavitarsis sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 554th most-seen of the 789 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.
February–March, August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xylota flavitarsis in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–July, September–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xylota flavitarsis sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Blue Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Xylota flavitarsis sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Xylota flavitarsis that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly (about 10%), Common Drone Fly (about 10%) and Common Halfband (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xylota flavitarsis is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (7 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.
