Austrolestes leda
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Austrolestes leda is an Australian species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, commonly known as a wandering ringtail. It is found across eastern Australia where it inhabits slow and still water. Austrolestes leda is a medium-sized to large damselfly, the male is light blue and black.
The genus name Austrolestes combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning “south wind”, hence “southern”) with Lestes, a genus name derived from Greek λῃστής (lēstēs, “robber”). The species name leda is named after Leda, a figure from Greek mythology.
List of Odonata species of Australia Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wandering Ringtail sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 595 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 20th most-seen of the 1083 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wandering Ringtail in Brisbane on a given day, against about 10% in June–July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wandering Ringtail 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 3 cities where we can rate Wandering Ringtail sightings, Brisbane has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Melbourne (Australia, about 10%) and Sydney (Australia, about 10%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Wandering Ringtail that you can see in Brisbane (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Wandering Percher (about 20%), Fiery Skimmer (about 20%) and Blue Skimmer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wandering Ringtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (595 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.
