Conops quadrifasciatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Conops quadrifasciatus, the yellow-banded conops, is a species of fly from the genus Conops in the family Conopidae. This species is common throughout much of Europe. It is also present in Russia, Turkey and Iran. These conopids can be found mainly on rough flowery places, on meadows and on roadsides.
Conops quadrifasciatus can reach a length of 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in).These wasp-like conopids have a black head and body. The abdomen is basically black with a vivid yellow bands. Face is yellow, but above antennal implant is black, and the area containing the ocelli has the same colour as the eyes. The antennae are black. It has a long proboscis. Thorax and scutellum are black. The posterior margins of the first four segments of the abdomen are yellow, the fifth segment is yellow. Tergite 1-3 are mainly black. The legs are yellow-brown. Femurs 2 and 3 are uniformly pale, sometimes with a small darkened spot. In males tergite is 5 black with broad yellow band at hind border. Females show a slimmer physique and have under the 5th abdominal segment a brownish-yellow, rounded pouch (theca), slightly hooked downward at the apex... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Conops quadrifasciatus sighting in Liverpool on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 559th most-seen of the 632 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.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Conops quadrifasciatus in Liverpool on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Conops quadrifasciatus sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Conops quadrifasciatus sightings, Liverpool ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Warsaw (Poland, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Conops quadrifasciatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Liverpool (6 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.
