Palpada furcata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Palpada furcata is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Plushback sighting in Houston on a given day, based on 68 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 232nd most-seen of the 1057 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.
April and June–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Plushback in Houston on a given day, against under 5% in May and August–March, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Plushback sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Tropical Plushback sightings, Houston ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 10%) and Dallas (United States, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Plushback is recorded against all the insects logged in Houston (68 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.
