Baccha cognata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an American Dainty sighting in Redwood National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 101 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and July–August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an American Dainty in Redwood National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and November–January, the lowest months. Those are among Redwood National Park's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 360 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most American Dainty sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate American Dainty sightings, Redwood National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Great Bear Rainforest (Canada, about 10%) and Shenandoah National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the American Dainty that you can see in Redwood National Park (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Western Calligrapher (about 10%), Melanostoma mellina (about 10%) and Diamond Spottail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the American Dainty is recorded against all the insects logged in Redwood National Park (16 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.
