Stratiomys singularior
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Stratiomys singularia, the flecked general, is a Palearcticspecies of soldier fly. Body length 13,5–17 mm. Eyes of the male hairy, and those of the female bare without any yellow postocular collar.Face completely black with white hair. Frons with a yellow band interrupted above the antennae Occiput yellow at the top. (female), entirely black (male).Femora (ventral face) black (male), base orange. Tibiae and venter mainly black, the latter with pale bands.Tarsi red. Halteres yellow. Abdomen dorsally with three pairs of small, yellow spots and the apex yellow or orange.
Larvae - Body: brown with long, darker longitudinal spots. Last segment very elongated, about twice as long as the penultimate, sternites II and III with a small, barely noticeable anterior spiny protuberance. Length 60mm.
Found in wetland habitats, humid places, brackish water from June to August. The adults feed on the nectar and pollen of Umbelliferae. The larvae are detritus feeding in shallow, sometimes temporary pools. Western Europe, European Russia, Caucasus, Russian Far East, Siberia, Central Asia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Flecked General sighting in Copenhagen on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 376th most-seen of the 476 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Flecked General in Copenhagen on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Copenhagen, in our data
Copenhagen is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Flecked General sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flecked General is recorded against all the insects logged in Copenhagen (6 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.
