Crocothemis servilia
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The scarlet skimmer or ruddy marsh skimmer (Crocothemis servilia) is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii. It is a medium sized dragonfly. The male is blood-red, with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen in the nominate subspecies. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male, but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.
It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields. List of odonates of Sri Lanka List of odonates of India List of odonata of Kerala "Crocothemis servilia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 February 2006.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 5 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 13 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Daegu | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 5 | Raipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Durg | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Skimmer sighting in Chitwan National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 24 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Skimmer in Chitwan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarlet Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Scarlet Skimmer sightings, Chitwan National Park ranks 4th at about 30%. The best odds are in Sundarbans National Park (India, about 40%), Keoladeo National Park (India, about 40%) and Royal Bardia National Park (Nepal, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Scarlet Skimmer that you can see in Chitwan National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Russet Percher (about 20%), Slender Skimmer (about 20%) and Pied Paddy Skimmer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Chitwan National Park (17 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.
