Sapromyza neozelandica
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Sapromyza neozelandica, commonly called the brown striped litter fly, is an endemic fly of New Zealand. A small red-eyed fly that lives in forest or areas of scrub usually in damp and shaded places. S. neozelandica maggots live amongst leaf litter and feed off moulds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Striped Litter Fly sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 211th most-seen of the 689 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.
October to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Striped Litter Fly in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, the lowest months.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brown-Striped Litter Fly sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Brown-Striped Litter Fly that you can see in Auckland (order Diptera, Flies) are Common Drone Fly (about 20%), Garden Soldier Fly (about 20%) and Austrosciapus proximus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-Striped Litter Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (29 verified sightings), 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.
