Sericomyia silentis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Sericomyia silentis, is a species of hoverfly. It is widespread throughout the Palearctic but normally encountered in small numbers in mountain regions and moorland and bog locations. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 4 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 6 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 202nd most-seen of the 838 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly sightings, Helsinki has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Copenhagen (Denmark, under 5%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly that you can see in Helsinki (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Marmalade Hover Fly (about 20%), Sun Fly (about 20%) and Pellucid Hover Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (27 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.
