Palpopleura vestita
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Palpopleura vestita, commonly known as the silver widow, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in Madagascar, where it has been observed in a variety of habitats, including rice paddies, ponds and swamps. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Silver Widow sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 59 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Silver Widow in Antananarivo on a given day, against under 5% in August and September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Silver Widow 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 Antananarivo, in our data
Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Silver Widow sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Silver Widow that you can see in Antananarivo (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Broad Scarlet (about 50%), Southern Banded Groundling (about 50%) and Wandering Glider (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Silver Widow is recorded against all the insects logged in Antananarivo (40 verified sightings), 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.
