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Dioprosopa clavatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dioprosopa clavatus sighting in Houston on a given day, based on 102 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 148th most-seen of the 1057 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–August and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dioprosopa clavatus in Houston on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dioprosopa clavatus sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 27
Of the 27 cities where we can rate Dioprosopa clavatus sightings, Houston ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cordoba (Argentina, about 20%), Santiago (Chile, about 10%) and Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 10%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Dioprosopa clavatus that you can see in Houston (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Margined Calligrapher (about 10%), Northern Plushback (about 10%) and Oblique Streaktail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dioprosopa clavatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Houston (102 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.
