Plecia ruficollis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a September Fly sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 119th most-seen of the 344 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.
February–March and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a September Fly in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–August and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most September Fly 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 2 parks where we can rate September Fly sightings, Table Mountain National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Garden Route National Park (South Africa, under 5%).
Same order: Diptera
The closest relatives of the September Fly that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (order Diptera, Flies) are Stripe-Eyed Lagoon Fly (about 10%), Common Drone Fly (about 10%) and Rooikrans Gall Midge (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the September Fly is recorded against all the insects logged in Table Mountain National Park (32 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.
