Bathroom Moth Fly

Bathroom Moth Fly

Clogmia albipunctatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Porto

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

18 Verified sightings at Porto
203 In all 19 parks From 2019 to 2026
December 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 Porto?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bathroom Moth Fly sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 242nd most-seen of the 498 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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

February–March, May–June, August and November–December

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bathroom Moth Fly in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in January, April, July and September–October, the lowest months.

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 Porto the best place to see a Bathroom Moth Fly?

134th of 163

Of the 163 cities where we can rate Bathroom Moth Fly sightings, Porto ranks 134th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 60%), Doha (Qatar, about 50%) and Prayagraj (India, about 40%).

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 Porto (18 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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