Anthomyia illocata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Root Maggot Fly sighting in Dallas on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 460th most-seen of the 1412 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.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Root Maggot Fly in Dallas on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of Dallas's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain against 55 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Root Maggot Fly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 30
Of the 30 cities where we can rate Root Maggot Fly sightings, Dallas ranks 15th at under 5%. The best odds are in Tel Aviv (Israel, about 10%), Hyderabad (India, about 10%) and Athens (Greece, about 10%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Root Maggot Fly that you can see in Dallas (order Diptera, Flies) are Margined Calligrapher (about 10%), Common Picture-Winged Fly (about 10%) and Poecilanthrax lucifer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Root Maggot Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Dallas (36 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.
