Bibio imitator
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Bibio imitator, common name garden maggot, is a species of fly from the genus Bibio, first described by Francis Walker in The Entomological Magazine vol 2, 1835. It occurs in Australia and New Zealand. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Garden Maggot sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 74 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 135th most-seen of the 742 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.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Garden Maggot in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in December to September, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Australian Garden Maggot 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 3 cities where we can rate Australian Garden Maggot sightings, Sydney ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Melbourne (Australia, about 10%) and Perth (Australia, about 10%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Australian Garden Maggot that you can see in Sydney (order Diptera, Flies) are Yellow-Shouldered Stout Hover Fly (about 10%), Garden Soldier Fly (about 10%) and Toxorhynchites speciosus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Australian Garden Maggot is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (74 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.
