Laphria janus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Laphria janus is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elk Island National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tailed Laphria sighting in Edmonton on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 145th most-seen of the 390 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tailed Laphria in Edmonton on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Edmonton's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 20 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Tailed Laphria sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Edmonton, in our data
Edmonton is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orange-Tailed Laphria sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Orange-Tailed Laphria that you can see in Edmonton (order Diptera, Flies) are Common Drone Fly (about 10%), Margined Calligrapher (about 10%) and White-Bowed Smoothwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-Tailed Laphria is recorded against all the insects logged in Edmonton (20 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.
