Chironomus formosipennis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chironomus formosipennis sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 110th most-seen of the 213 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Chironomus formosipennis in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in April and October–February, the lowest months. That is one of Johannesburg's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 130 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chironomus formosipennis sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Chironomus formosipennis sightings, Johannesburg has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Pretoria (South Africa, under 5%) and Cape Town (South Africa, under 5%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Chironomus formosipennis that you can see in Johannesburg (order Diptera, Flies) are Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly (about 20%), Episyrphus trisectus (about 10%) and Common Drone Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chironomus formosipennis is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (14 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.
