Chrysomya chloropyga
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Copper-Tailed Blowfly sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 180th most-seen of the 213 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–June and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Copper-Tailed Blowfly in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in July–October and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Copper-Tailed Blowfly 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 2 cities where we can rate Copper-Tailed Blowfly sightings, Johannesburg has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Cape Town (South Africa, under 5%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Copper-Tailed Blowfly 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 Copper-Tailed Blowfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Johannesburg (5 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.
