Griseargiolestes albescens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Griseargiolestes albescens is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Argiolestidae. It is commonly known as a coastal flatwing. Coastal flatwings are medium sized damselflies; males are about 37 mm in length and the slightly smaller females are about 34 mm. They have a bronze-black colour marked with pale yellow, adult males are strongly pruinescent - their bodies and tip of their tails are covered with a fine, white, powdery layer.
They are only found in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, inhabiting creeks and streams, swampy areas, boggy seepages and lakes, and will often rest on the lower parts of plants. Like other flatwing damselflies, coastal flatwings rest with their wings open flat, though females will sometimes rest with their wings closed. Males and females mate in a wheel position. They are not skittish and will allow people to approach closely.
The genus name Griseargiolestes combines the Latin griseus ("grey" or "pearl-grey") with Argiolestes, the name of a related genus. It refers to the pale pruinescence seen in this group. The species name albescens is derived from the Latin albesco ("becoming white"), referring to the... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Coastal Flatwing sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 288 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 131st most-seen of the 1083 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May and August–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Coastal Flatwing in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in February and June–July, the lowest months.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Coastal Flatwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Coastal Flatwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (288 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.
