Sericomyia superbiens
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Sericomyia (Arctophila) superbiens is a Palearctic species of hoverfly. It is a bumblebee mimic. Range: Scandinavia South to the Pyrenees. Ireland East through Northern Europe Central Europe and Southern Europe (Italy, Yugoslavia) into European Russia. South of northern France largely confined to mountain ranges.
It is a bumblebee mimic. The habitat is Alnus, Quercus and Betula with Salix woodland or coniferous (Picea) woodland or amongst Alnus and Salix.Also found by springs, wet flushes and along streams in grassland. Flowers visited include white umbellifers, composites, Cirsium vulgare, Centaurea, Cirsium vulgare, Ranunculus, Rubus, Scabiosa, Succisa pratensis, Mentha aquatica, Sonchus.
Flies in late summer and autumn (end July to October). The larva is probably aquatic and microphagous on debris in semi-liquid mud close to streams and springs. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sericomyia superbiens sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 610th most-seen of the 1277 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.
August–September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sericomyia superbiens in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–July and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sericomyia superbiens sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Pyrénées National Park, in our data
Pyrénées National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sericomyia superbiens sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Sericomyia
The closest relatives of the Sericomyia superbiens that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (genus Sericomyia, Pond Flies) are Sericomyia bombiformis (about 10%) and Yellow-Barred Peat Hover Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sericomyia superbiens is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (13 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.
