Mimegralla australica
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Mimegralla australica, the black stilt-legged fly, is a species of long legged flies in the family Micropezidae. Flies in this family are known as stilt-legged flies. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mimegralla australica sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 100th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March to August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mimegralla australica in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mimegralla australica sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mimegralla australica sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Mimegralla australica that you can see in Daintree National Park (order Diptera, Flies) are Telostylinus lineolatus (about 20%), Lamprogaster stenoparia (about 10%) and Achias australis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mimegralla australica is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (28 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
