Pseudothemis zonata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Skimmer sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 87 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 25th most-seen of the 401 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.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Skimmer in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months. That is one of Beijing's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain against almost none in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pied Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Pied Skimmer sightings, Beijing ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Ningbo (China, about 20%), Daegu (South Korea, about 20%) and Jinan (China, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Pied Skimmer that you can see in Beijing (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are White-Tailed Skimmer (about 20%), Deielia phaon (about 10%) and Scarlet Skimmer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pied Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Beijing (87 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.
