Odontomyia tigrina
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Odontomyia tigrina, also called the black colonel, is a European species of soldier fly.The following characters are diagnostic.Discal cell not conspicuously small; vein R2+3 present;discal cell emits only 2 veins (M3 absent) R4+5 forked. Abdomen dorsally entirely dark, with no coloured spots. Head in both sexes narrow and conical when seen in dorsal view; eyes of male sparsely, but distinctly hairy
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| 1 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black Colonel sighting in London on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 895th most-seen of the 1504 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Colonel in London on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.
Only London, in our data
London is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black Colonel sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Stratiomyidae
The closest relatives of the Black Colonel that you can see in London (family Stratiomyidae, Soldier Flies) are Broad Centurion Fly (about 10%) and Twin-Spot Centurion Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Colonel is recorded against all the insects logged in London (14 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.
