Philhelius pedissequum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Brussels | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 4 | Amsterdam | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 5 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 6 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly sighting in Saint Petersburg on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 155th most-seen of the 448 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly in Saint Petersburg on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–May, the lowest months. Those are among Saint Petersburg's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in February.
8th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly sightings, Saint Petersburg ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Birmingham (United Kingdom, about 10%), London (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Brussels (Belgium, about 10%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly that you can see in Saint Petersburg (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Common Drone Fly (about 10%), Marmalade Hover Fly (about 10%) and Sun Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Superb Ant-Hill Hoverfly is recorded against all the insects logged in Saint Petersburg (17 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.
