Eriothrix rufomaculatus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Eriothrix rufomaculatus is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China, British Isles, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Channel Islands, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Azerbaijan.
These rather common flies mainly inhabit hedge rows, grasslands or sunny rough ground, meadows, ruderal areas and fields. Eriothrix rufomaculatus can reach a length of 5–10 millimetres (0.20–0.39 in) and a wingspan of 13–15 mm. This bristly species shows a greyish thorax with four narrow black stripes and a prominent but quite variable orange patches on the sides of its cylindrical abdomen, separated by a dorsal black line. Its face is silvery, with a protruding mouth edge. The legs are black. Wings are slightly shaded, yellowish at the base. Vein-m is petiolate and costal spine is longer than vein r-m.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 6 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 8 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Spotted Parasite Fly sighting in Birmingham on a given day, based on 87 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 110th most-seen of the 811 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red Spotted Parasite Fly in Birmingham on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Spotted Parasite Fly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Red Spotted Parasite Fly sightings, Birmingham has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 10%) and London (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Tachinidae
The closest relatives of the Red Spotted Parasite Fly that you can see in Birmingham (family Tachinidae, Tachinid Flies) are Common Tachinid (about 10%), Nowickia ferox (about 10%) and Phania funesta (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Spotted Parasite Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Birmingham (87 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.
