Ornidia obesa
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Ornidia obesa is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Jewel Fly sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 273rd most-seen of the 496 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.
May and December–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Jewel Fly in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and June–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Jewel Fly sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Green Jewel Fly sightings, Everglades National Park ranks 6th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%), Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 10%) and Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Green Jewel Fly that you can see in Everglades National Park (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are White-Faced Plushback (about 20%), Northern Plushback (about 10%) and Florida Calligrapher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Jewel Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (10 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.
