Scaeva albomaculata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Scaeva albomaculata is a European species of hoverfly. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large-Spotted Smoothwing sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 330th most-seen of the 479 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.
June and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Large-Spotted Smoothwing in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–May, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large-Spotted 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.
Only Sierra Nevada National Park, in our data
Sierra Nevada National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Large-Spotted Smoothwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Syrphidae
The closest relatives of the Large-Spotted Smoothwing that you can see in Sierra Nevada National Park (family Syrphidae, Hover Flies) are Common Drone Fly (about 20%), Hornet Mimic Hover Fly (about 20%) and Eurasian Drone Fly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Large-Spotted Smoothwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra Nevada 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.
