Sphaerophoria scripta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Sphaerophoria scripta, the long hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae. This species has a worldwide distribution. It can be found in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, in the Nearctic realm, in North Africa and in the Indomalayan realm.
This species lives in thickets, gardens and meadows rich of flowering plants. Adults can pollinate flowering plants such as Galeopsis angustifolia and Silene gallica, which S. scripta are the most effective pollinators of.
Sphaerophoria scripta can reach a length of 7–12 millimetres (0.28–0.47 in) and a wingspan of 5–7 mm. Body is long and narrow, with yellow and black bands. The wings are transparent. Antennae are short and yellow. The face is yellow. Thorax is a bit dull, copper colored with broad yellow side stripes. Scutellum is yellow. Abdomen is long and cylindrical with four wide, yellow transverse bands. The legs are yellow. Females are brighter than the males. In the males the last two bands are often blurred.
The adult hoverflies can be found from April to November. The larvae feed on aphids, while adult hoverflies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 2 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 6 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 10 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Algiers | 🇩🇿 Algeria | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Lyon | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 8 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 9 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Globetail sighting in Camargue on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 44th most-seen of the 75 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Globetail in Camargue on a given day, against under 5% in March, June–September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Globetail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Common Globetail sightings, Camargue ranks 9th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Triglav National Park (Slovenia, about 10%), Picos de Europa National Park (Spain, about 10%) and Fertő-Hanság National Park (Hungary, about 10%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Common Globetail that you can see in Camargue (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Migrant Hover Fly (about 10%), Big-Headed Lagoon Fly (about 10%) and Common Lagoon Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Globetail is recorded against all the insects logged in Camargue (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.
