Aeshna brevistyla
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Spotted Hawker sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 155th most-seen of the 789 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.
October to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Spotted Hawker in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Spotted Hawker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Blue-Spotted Hawker sightings, Blue Mountains National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Lamington National Park (Australia, about 20%), Grampians National Park (Australia, about 20%) and Great Otway National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Aeshnidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-Spotted Hawker that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Aeshnidae, Darners) are Sydney Mountain Darner (about 20%), Eastern Evening Darner (about 10%) and Conehead Darner (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Spotted Hawker is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (25 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.
