Rhaphium signiferum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rhaphium signiferum sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 628th most-seen of the 822 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.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rhaphium signiferum in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rhaphium signiferum sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rhaphium signiferum sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Dolichopodidae
The closest relatives of the Rhaphium signiferum that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (family Dolichopodidae, Long-legged Flies) are Condylostylus patibulatus (about 10%) and Nepalomyia nigricornis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rhaphium signiferum is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains 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.
