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Dioprosopa clavatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dioprosopa clavatus sighting in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th most-seen of the 189 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.
January, March–May and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dioprosopa clavatus in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in February, June–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dioprosopa clavatus sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Dioprosopa clavatus sightings, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%), Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 10%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Dioprosopa clavatus that you can see in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are White-Faced Plushback (about 10%), Northern Plushback (about 10%) and Virginia Giant Hover Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dioprosopa clavatus is recorded against all the insects logged in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (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.
