Volucella inanis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Volucella inanis is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 2 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 5 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 8 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Stockholm | 🇸🇪 Sweden | |
| 10 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Hornet Hoverfly sighting in Leeds on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 284 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Hornet Hoverfly in Leeds on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Hornet Hoverfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Lesser Hornet Hoverfly sightings, Leeds ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in London (United Kingdom, about 20%), Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Manchester (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same genus: Volucella
The closest relatives of the Lesser Hornet Hoverfly that you can see in Leeds (genus Volucella, Plumehorns) are Pellucid Hover Fly (about 10%), Hornet Mimic Hover Fly (about 10%) and Bumble Bee Hover Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesser Hornet Hoverfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Leeds (23 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.
