Chrysopilus ornatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Chrysopilus ornatus, the ornate snipe fly, is a species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Ornate Snipe Fly sighting in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 571st most-seen of the 723 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.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ornate Snipe Fly in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ornate Snipe Fly sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Shenandoah National Park, in our data
Shenandoah National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ornate Snipe Fly sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Chrysopilus
The closest relatives of the Ornate Snipe Fly that you can see in Shenandoah National Park (genus Chrysopilus) are Golden-Backed Snipe Fly (about 20%), Quadrate Snipe Fly (about 10%) and Banded Snipe Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ornate Snipe Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Shenandoah 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.
