Melanostoma apicale
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Melanostoma apicale is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. It was described by Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot in 1884. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Melanostoma apicale sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 450th most-seen of the 1083 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–June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Melanostoma apicale in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–March, the lowest months.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Melanostoma apicale sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Melanostoma apicale that you can see in Brisbane (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Black-Banded Hover Fly (about 10%), Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly (about 10%) and Native Drone Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Melanostoma apicale is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (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.
