Scaeva selenitica
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Scaeva selenitica is a species of hoverfly. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 1026th 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 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–May, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (6 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.
