Baccha cognata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an American Dainty sighting in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 137th most-seen of the 235 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an American Dainty in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months. Those are among Great Bear Rainforest's driest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 480 mm in November.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most American Dainty 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 4 parks where we can rate American Dainty sightings, Great Bear Rainforest ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Redwood National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the American Dainty that you can see in Great Bear Rainforest (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Western Pond Fly (about 20%), Melanostoma mellina (about 20%) and Common Drone Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the American Dainty is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Bear Rainforest (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.
