Xylota sylvarum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Xylota sylvarum is a common Palearctic species of hoverfly. Wing length 9–12 mm. Thorax blackish. Four anterior legs partly yellow. Abdomen black with golden patches (adpressed golden hair). The male genitalia are figured by Hippa (1968). The larva is illustrated in colour by Rotheray (1994) ).
See references for determination. Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia. Ireland eastwards through North Europe on to Siberia and the Pacific coast. Old woodland species running on the foliage of bushes and shrubs and on tree stumps. The larvae feed in damp, fungus-ridden decaying wood of Abies, Fagus and Quercus trunks and stumps, usually beneath the bark. The major habitat may be decaying tree roots...
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 5 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 7 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Tailed Leafwalker sighting in Liverpool on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 458th most-seen of the 632 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-Tailed Leafwalker in Liverpool on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–April, the lowest months.
Among the best
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Golden-Tailed Leafwalker sightings, Liverpool ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-Tailed Leafwalker is recorded against all the insects logged in Liverpool (9 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.
