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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 4 | Amsterdam | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 5 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 6 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly sighting in Brussels on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 165th most-seen of the 337 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly in Brussels on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months.
Among the best
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly sightings, Brussels ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%) and London (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly that you can see in Brussels (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Marmalade Hover Fly (about 20%), Common Drone Fly (about 20%) and Yellow-Haired Sun Fly (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Brussels (12 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.
