Platystoma seminationis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Platystoma seminationis, the dancing "kiss fly", is a species of fly in the family Platystomatidae. It is adventive in North America. These flies inhabit forest fringes or hedges, primarily on low herbaceous vegetation in shady places. Platystoma seminationis can reach a body length of 5.5–6.5 millimetres (0.22–0.26 in). In these flies the interocular space and the epistomes are black and the eyes are reddish-brown. Thorax is greyish. The wings are translucent, greyish brown, with light spots. The abdomen is black, without punctuation. Tarsi are monochromatic black. The largest tarsal segments are reddish near the base, or... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dancing Kiss Fly sighting in Toronto on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 867th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dancing Kiss Fly in Toronto on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dancing Kiss Fly sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Dancing Kiss Fly sightings, Toronto ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%), Budapest (Hungary, about 10%) and Minneapolis [Saint Paul] (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Dancing Kiss Fly that you can see in Toronto (order Diptera, Flies) are Eastern Calligrapher (about 10%), Tiger Bee Fly (about 10%) and Margined Calligrapher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dancing Kiss Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Toronto (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.
