Orthemis schmidti
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Orthemis schmidti, also known by its common name red-tailed skimmer is a species from the genus Orthemis. The species was originally described in 1950 by Karl Friedrich Buchholz. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Tailed Skimmer sighting in Cahuita National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 51 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 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Tailed Skimmer in Cahuita National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Tailed Skimmer 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 Cahuita National Park, in our data
Cahuita National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-Tailed Skimmer sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Tailed Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Cahuita National Park (5 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.
