Palpada furcata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Palpada furcata is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Plushback sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 112 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 111th most-seen of the 558 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.
August and November–June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Plushback in Buenos Aires on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Plushback sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Tropical Plushback sightings, Buenos Aires has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Dallas (United States, under 5%) and Houston (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Tropical Plushback that you can see in Buenos Aires (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly (about 10%), Dioprosopa clavatus (about 10%) and Common Drone Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Plushback is recorded against all the insects logged in Buenos Aires (112 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.
