Tipula maxima
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Tipula maxima is a species of true cranefly. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 4 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 6 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Cranefly sighting in Mercantour National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 348th most-seen of the 412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Cranefly in Mercantour National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Giant Cranefly sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Giant Cranefly sightings, Mercantour National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Pyrénées National Park (France, about 10%) and Snowdonia National Park (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Giant Cranefly that you can see in Mercantour National Park (order Diptera, Flies) are Pellucid Hover Fly (about 30%), Bumble Bee Hover Fly (about 10%) and Eurasian Smoothwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Giant Cranefly is recorded against all the insects logged in Mercantour National Park (5 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.
