Oligotoma nigra
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Oligotoma nigra, also known as the black webspinner, is a species of insect in the order Embiidina, also known as Embioptera. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerusalem | 🇮🇱 Israel | |
| 2 | Tel Aviv | 🇮🇱 Israel | |
| 3 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
No species of the same family or order lives in Tel Aviv, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Webspinner sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 104th most-seen of the 264 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black Webspinner in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, October and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Tel Aviv's driest months, with almost no rain against 90 mm in January.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Webspinner sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Black Webspinner sightings, Tel Aviv ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Jerusalem (Israel, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Webspinner is recorded against all the insects logged in Tel Aviv (14 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.
