Empis tessellata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Empis tessellata is a species of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Euempis. The species is distributed in most of Europe from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, in the east to the Middle East and Central Asia to Japan.
These dance flies can be found on various plants on moist meadows, on forest edges, on clearings and lightly wooded areas. Empis tessellata can reach a length of about 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in) and a wingspan of 9.3–11 millimetres (0.37–0.43 in). These large dance flies have a strongly black bristled body. The long legs are varying in color, usually they are red-yellow with black thighs. The brown-tinged wings have dark brown veins and rusty-yellow costal margin. The head is small and almost spherical with black antennae, large brown eyes and a long pointed proboscis.
The thorax is gray-black in ground color and carries three black longitudinal stripes. The abdomen is elongated and arched, marbled bronze-gray. The 3rd (last) antennal segment bears a two-segmented seta. The sexes are distinguishable by the size of their eyes. In the males, they are narrowly contiguous, widely... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Amsterdam | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 2 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 9 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Empis tessellata sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 355 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.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Empis tessellata in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months.
Among the best
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Empis tessellata sightings, Rotterdam [The Hague] ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Amsterdam (Netherlands, about 10%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Empis tessellata that you can see in Rotterdam [The Hague] (order Diptera, Flies) are Common Drone Fly (about 20%), Hornet Mimic Hover Fly (about 20%) and Marmalade Hover Fly (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Empis tessellata is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (20 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.
