Limnia unguicornis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Limnia unguicornis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic. The eyes have four purple longitudinal stripes, two medial and two marginal.The head is rufous with brown spots on each side: white face. The third segment of the antennae is blackish at apex the remainder brownish red.The arista is white. The brown ocellar plate is extended to the anterior margin in a depressed band.The thorax is rufous-brown with two grey mesonotal bands. The prothoracic bristles are ciliform. Rufous legs. The wings membrane is studded with numerous pale spots separated by a brown network. For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Limnia unguicornis is carnivorous (occasionally coprophagous).Mature larvae have been recorded feeding on Succinea putris. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-Backed Snailkiller sighting in Munich on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 445th most-seen of the 521 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 Stripe-Backed Snailkiller in Munich on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Munich's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 60 mm in February.
Only Munich, in our data
Munich is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Stripe-Backed Snailkiller sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Stripe-Backed Snailkiller that you can see in Munich (order Diptera, Flies) are Marmalade Hover Fly (about 10%), Common Drone Fly (about 10%) and Hornet Mimic Hover Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stripe-Backed Snailkiller is recorded against all the insects logged in Munich (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.
