Silhouette: Gareth Monger · PhyloPic
Melanostoma mellina
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 2 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Lisbon | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 10 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Melanostoma mellina sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 433rd most-seen of the 811 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.
April and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Melanostoma mellina in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and September–March, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Melanostoma mellina sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 15
Of the 15 cities where we can rate Melanostoma mellina sightings, Birmingham ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brussels (Belgium, about 10%), Vancouver (Canada, about 10%) and Portland (United States, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Melanostoma mellina is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (13 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.
