Empis tessellata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Empis tessellata is a species of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Euempis. The species is distributed in most of Europe from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, in the east to the Middle East and Central Asia to Japan.
These dance flies can be found on various plants on moist meadows, on forest edges, on clearings and lightly wooded areas. Empis tessellata can reach a length of about 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in) and a wingspan of 9.3–11 millimetres (0.37–0.43 in). These large dance flies have a strongly black bristled body. The long legs are varying in color, usually they are red-yellow with black thighs. The brown-tinged wings have dark brown veins and rusty-yellow costal margin. The head is small and almost spherical with black antennae, large brown eyes and a long pointed proboscis.
The thorax is gray-black in ground color and carries three black longitudinal stripes. The abdomen is elongated and arched, marbled bronze-gray. The 3rd (last) antennal segment bears a two-segmented seta. The sexes are distinguishable by the size of their eyes. In the males, they are narrowly contiguous, widely... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Amsterdam | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 2 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 9 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Empis tessellata sighting in Manchester on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 320th most-seen of the 458 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.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Empis tessellata in Manchester on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
6th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Empis tessellata sightings, Manchester ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Amsterdam (Netherlands, about 10%), Rotterdam [The Hague] (Netherlands, about 10%) and Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Empis tessellata that you can see in Manchester (order Diptera, Flies) are Tapered Drone Fly (about 30%), Marmalade Hover Fly (about 30%) and Common Drone Fly (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Empis tessellata is recorded against all the insects logged in Manchester (8 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.
