Pisoniamyia brasiliensis silhouette

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Pisoniamyia brasiliensis

Pisoniamyia brasiliensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Porto Alegre

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

10 Verified sightings at Porto Alegre
September 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 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Pisoniamyia brasiliensis in Porto Alegre?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pisoniamyia brasiliensis sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 138th most-seen of the 226 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Pisoniamyia brasiliensis in Porto Alegre?

January, April, June and September–October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pisoniamyia brasiliensis in Porto Alegre on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May, July–August and November–December, the lowest months.

Where else can you see a Pisoniamyia brasiliensis?

Only Porto Alegre, in our data

Porto Alegre is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pisoniamyia brasiliensis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Pisoniamyia brasiliensis live in Porto Alegre?

Same family: Cecidomyiidae

The closest relatives of the Pisoniamyia brasiliensis that you can see in Porto Alegre (family Cecidomyiidae, Gall and Forest Midges) are Maiamyia dispar (about 10%), Clinodiplosis profusa (about 10%) and Bruggmannia robusta (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Pisoniamyia brasiliensis sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Pisoniamyia brasiliensis is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto Alegre (10 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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