Chironomus formosipennis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chironomus formosipennis sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 191st most-seen of the 311 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chironomus formosipennis in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Cape Town's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chironomus formosipennis sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Chironomus formosipennis sightings, Cape Town ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Johannesburg (South Africa, about 10%) and Pretoria (South Africa, under 5%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Chironomus formosipennis that you can see in Cape Town (order Diptera, Flies) are Common Drone Fly (about 10%), Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly (about 10%) and Episyrphus trisectus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chironomus formosipennis is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (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.
