Lestes virens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Lestes virens is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known commonly as the small spreadwing or small emerald spreadwing. It is native to much of Europe and western and central Asia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Tel Aviv | 🇮🇱 Israel | |
| 4 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Madrid | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Spreadwing sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 555th most-seen of the 996 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.
July to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small Spreadwing in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to June, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Spreadwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cévennes National Park, in our data
Cévennes National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Small Spreadwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Lestes
The closest relatives of the Small Spreadwing that you can see in Cévennes National Park (genus Lestes, Pond Spreadwings) are Common Spreadwing (about 10%), Migrant Spreadwing (about 10%) and Emerald Spreadwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Spreadwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (11 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.
