Chironomus formosipennis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chironomus formosipennis sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 225th most-seen of the 274 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.
April, June, August, October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chironomus formosipennis in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May, July, September and November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chironomus formosipennis sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Chironomus formosipennis sightings, Pretoria ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Johannesburg (South Africa, about 10%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Chironomus formosipennis that you can see in Pretoria (order Diptera, Flies) are Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly (about 10%), Episyrphus trisectus (about 10%) and September Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chironomus formosipennis is recorded against all the insects logged in Pretoria (5 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.
