Moegistorhynchus longirostris
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Moegistorhynchus longirostris is a keystone species of fly that lives on the west coast of South Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Moegistorhynchus longirostris sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 291st 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.
October and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Moegistorhynchus longirostris in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in December to September, the lowest months.
Only Cape Town, in our data
Cape Town is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Moegistorhynchus longirostris sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Moegistorhynchus longirostris 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 Moegistorhynchus longirostris is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (5 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.
