Coenagrion ornatum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Coenagrion ornatum, or, the ornate bluet, is a species of damselfly from the family Coenagrionidae distributed across a large part of Europe and Western Asia. Adults reach 30 to 31 mm, of which 20–30 mm abdomen, while wingspan is 17–24 mm. The base coloration is blue with black markings, similar to other coenagrionids. Male can be distinguished by a marking on the top of the second segment of the abdomen (S2) which resembles a stalked wine glass or a trident, but is not always developed. Other segments up to S7 sport pointed markings resembling spears, while the eighth segment is entirely blue with at best two tiny black spots. Females have darker abdomens, but with always some blue on the proximal half of each segment; this characteristic resembles brighter azure damselfly females, which can be distinguished by three forward-pointing black spires (ornate bluet females only have the central one). Males in turn closely resemble the southern damselfly males, from which they can be distinguished by serrated hind edges of eye-sports on the top of the head and details in abdomen markings.
The period of activity is short: adults fly in the summer, from May to July or mid... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Budapest | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ornate Bluet sighting in Budapest on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 261st most-seen of the 404 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ornate Bluet in Budapest on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Only Budapest, in our data
Budapest is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ornate Bluet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Coenagrion
The closest relatives of the Ornate Bluet that you can see in Budapest (genus Coenagrion, Northern Bluets) are Azure Damselfly (about 10%) and Dainty Damselfly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ornate Bluet is recorded against all the insects logged in Budapest (24 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.
