Wohlfahrtia pachytyli
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Wohlfahrtia pachytyli is a species of flesh fly in the family Sarcophagidae. This fly is a parasite of the brown locust, Locustana pardalina; the fly deposits larvae on late-instar hoppers and adult fledglings, generally targeting them as they shed old skin (ecdysis). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Locust Fly sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 60 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Locust Fly in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Locust Fly sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Namib-Naukluft National Park, in our data
Namib-Naukluft National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Locust Fly sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the Locust Fly that you can see in Namib-Naukluft National Park (order Diptera, Flies) are Namibotites argentata (about 10%), Trichardis picta (about 10%) and Ostrich Louse Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Locust Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Namib-Naukluft National Park (29 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.
