Ischnura prognata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Ischnura prognata, the furtive forktail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in North America. The IUCN conservation status of Ischnura prognata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Furtive Forktail sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 173rd most-seen of the 262 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Furtive Forktail in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in April–July, September and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Big Cypress National Preserve's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 260 mm in June.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Furtive Forktail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Big Cypress National Preserve, in our data
Big Cypress National Preserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Furtive Forktail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ischnura
The closest relatives of the Furtive Forktail that you can see in Big Cypress National Preserve (genus Ischnura, Forktails) are Rambur's Forktail (about 30%), Citrine Forktail (about 30%) and Fragile Forktail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Furtive Forktail is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (9 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.
