Argia translata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The dusky dancer (Argia translata) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native to eastern and southern North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Dancer sighting in Austin on a given day, based on 375 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 1624 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July to September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Dancer in Austin on a given day, against under 5% in December to February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Dusky Dancer sightings, Austin has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Dallas (United States, about 10%) and Monterrey (México, about 10%).
Same genus: Argia
The closest relatives of the Dusky Dancer that you can see in Austin (genus Argia, Dancers) are Kiowa Dancer (about 20%), Blue-Ringed Dancer (about 10%) and Powdered Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Austin (375 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.
