Psilonyx annulatus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Psilonyx annulatus is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae. 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 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ringed Pixie sighting in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 185th most-seen of the 723 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Ringed Pixie in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to June, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ringed Pixie 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 Ringed Pixie sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Asilidae
The closest relatives of the Ringed Pixie that you can see in Shenandoah National Park (family Asilidae, Robber Flies) are Eastern Lion Fly (about 10%), Eastern Yellow-Backed Laphria (about 10%) and Black-Waisted Laphria (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ringed Pixie is recorded against all the insects logged in Shenandoah National Park (23 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.
