Erythrodiplax umbrata
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Erythrodiplax umbrata, the band-winged dragonlet, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Erythrodiplax umbrata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 5 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 8 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Band-Winged Dragonlet sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 157 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 262 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Band-Winged Dragonlet in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against about 20% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Big Cypress National Preserve's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 260 mm in June.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Band-Winged Dragonlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 23
Of the 23 parks where we can rate Band-Winged Dragonlet sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Los Haitises National Park (Dominican Republic, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Erythrodiplax
The closest relatives of the Band-Winged Dragonlet that you can see in Big Cypress National Preserve (genus Erythrodiplax, Dragonlets) are Little Blue Dragonlet (about 20%) and Seaside Dragonlet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Band-Winged Dragonlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (157 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.
