Short-Winged Cranefly

Short-Winged Cranefly

Tipula pagana

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Liverpool

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

6 Verified sightings at Liverpool
October Best month

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Short-Winged Cranefly in Liverpool?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Cranefly 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.

When is the best time to see a Short-Winged Cranefly in Liverpool?

October

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Short-Winged Cranefly in Liverpool on a given day, against under 5% in December to September, the lowest months.

Where else can you see a Short-Winged Cranefly?

Only Liverpool, in our data

Liverpool is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Short-Winged Cranefly sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Short-Winged Cranefly live in Liverpool?

Same genus: Tipula

The closest relatives of the Short-Winged Cranefly that you can see in Liverpool (genus Tipula, Common Crane Flies) are European Crane Fly (about 10%) and Tipula rufina (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Short-Winged Cranefly sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Short-Winged Cranefly 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.

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