Panorpa germanica
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Panorpa germanica, also known by its common name German scorpionfly, is a species from the genus Panorpa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Sofia | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | |
| 3 | Leeds | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 5 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 7 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Amsterdam | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 9 | Cologne | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a German Scorpionfly sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 99th 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.
April–June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a German Scorpionfly in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–March, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most German Scorpionfly sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 15 cities where we can rate German Scorpionfly sightings, Rotterdam [The Hague] ranks 6th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Essen (Germany, about 10%), Sofia (Bulgaria, about 10%) and Leeds (United Kingdom, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the German Scorpionfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (19 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.
