Helophilus antipodus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Helophilus antipodus is an endemic species of hoverfly observed throughout New Zealand. It belongs to the genus Helophilus in the family Syrphidae (flower flies). The adults are pollinators. This species was first described by Schiner in 1868 from a single female from Auckland New Zealand. In 1901, Hutton named this species as Helophilus vicinus using male specimens from Chatham Islands. In 1909, Lamb used a female specimen from Campbell islands to describe Helophilus interruptus. In 1921, Miller clarified that there was just one species; Helophilus antipodus.
Front tibia is yellow, with a black ring at the end. Hind femur are all black. Wing-viens black, and slightly infusecate. Campared with Helophilus montanus, their Lateral ocelli is closer to eyes than to each other; oral margin is not strongly produced; they are larger and more robust flies. Similar in appearance to the New Zealand three-lined hoverfly (Helophilus seelandicus)
Helophilus antipodus is found over much of New Zealand including many subantartic Islands (Auckland Islands, Campbell islands). On the mainland this fly is a pollinator of the endemic orchid Dendrobium... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Helophilus antipodus sighting in Fiordland National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 171st most-seen of the 201 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Helophilus antipodus in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–September and November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Helophilus antipodus sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Fiordland National Park, in our data
Fiordland National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Helophilus antipodus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Helophilus antipodus is recorded against all the insects logged in Fiordland National Park (7 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.
