Asteromyia carbonifera
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Asteromyia carbonifera is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. It creates galls on Solidago plants. Females can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and often collect conidia of the fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea, which is deposited on the plant alongside the eggs. The larvae grow within the gall that the fungus creates, a form of mutualism. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge sighting in Toronto on a given day, based on 158 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 240th most-seen of the 1689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge in Toronto on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge sightings, Toronto ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Boston (United States, about 10%), Dallas (United States, about 10%) and Chicago (United States, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge is recorded against all the insects logged in Toronto (158 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.
