Ictinogomphus rapax
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Ictinogomphus rapax, the common clubtail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found throughout the Indomalayan region. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 182 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.
March and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against under 5% in August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Common Clubtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Indian Common Clubtail sightings, Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Salem (India, about 20%), Bhopal (India, about 20%) and Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Indian Common Clubtail that you can see in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Pied Paddy Skimmer (about 40%), Common Picture Wing (about 30%) and Ditch Jewel (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Common Clubtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (16 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.
