Bathroom Moth Fly

Bathroom Moth Fly

Clogmia albipunctatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Mexico City

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

233 Verified sightings at Mexico City
203 In all 19 parks From 2019 to 2026
June Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Bathroom Moth Fly

Clogmia albipunctata is a species of drain fly, a member of the family Psychodidae commonly known as the bathroom moth midge, bathroom moth fly or drain fly. This very common species has a worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate areas and is often associated with humans. The species can be found near sewer drains, sewage treatment plants, plant pots, swamps and any other shaded place containing decaying, moist organic matter. The species is a common pest around household drains, but the larvae have an important role in sewage treatment.

Clogmia albipunctata adults have broad wings covered with brownish and blackish hairs. There is a tuft of blackish hair near each wing vein fork and a tuft of white hair at the ends of most veins (i.e. each wing has a pair of black spots near the middle and several white spots along the edge). The thorax and abdomen are covered in gray/brownish-gray hairs. There is a pair of antennae which are longer than the abdomen and covered in white hairs. The legs are brown with white annuli (rings) at the tips of the tibiae and metatarsi.

The original species description gives a body length of 2.2 mm and a wing length... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
2 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
3 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
4 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
5 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
6 Padre Island National Seashore 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
7 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
8 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
9 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
10 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
11 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
12 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
13 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
14 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
15 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
16 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
17 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
18 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
19 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kuwait City 🇰🇼 Kuwait
~60%
2 Doha 🇶🇦 Qatar
~50%
3 Prayagraj 🇮🇳 India
~40%
4 Davao City 🇵🇭 Philippines
~40%
5 Guiyang 🇨🇳 China
~30%
6 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
7 Hanoi 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%
8 Valencia 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~20%
9 Guwahati 🇮🇳 India
~20%
10 Cochabamba 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bathroom Moth Fly in Mexico City?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bathroom Moth Fly sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 233 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 47th most-seen of the 557 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Bathroom Moth Fly in Mexico City?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bathroom Moth Fly in Mexico City on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Bathroom Moth Fly?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bathroom Moth Fly sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Mexico City the best place to see a Bathroom Moth Fly?

53rd of 163

Of the 163 cities where we can rate Bathroom Moth Fly sightings, Mexico City ranks 53rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 60%), Doha (Qatar, about 50%) and Prayagraj (India, about 40%).

Which relatives of the Bathroom Moth Fly live in Mexico City?

Same order: Diptera

The closest relatives of the Bathroom Moth Fly that you can see in Mexico City (order Diptera, Flies) are Common Drone Fly (about 10%), Toxomerus mutuus (about 10%) and Dioprosopa clavatus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Bathroom Moth Fly sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bathroom Moth Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Mexico City (233 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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