Neurothemis tullia
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Neurothemis tullia, the pied paddy skimmer, is a species of dragonfly found in south and south-east Asia. It appears in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam.
It is a black dragonfly with a pale yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Wings are hyaline for apical half and opaque steely blue-black for basal half which is bordered by a milky white patch towards the tip. Females differ remarkably from the males both in body-colouring and markings and in marking of the wings. Its body is greenish yellow with a bright yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Base of wings are amber yellow followed by a blackish brown patch. Apices of all wings are broadly opaque blackish brown and the remaining halves are pale yellow.
It breeds in marshes, well vegetated ponds, lakes and rice fields. It perches very close to ground and its flight is very weak. List of odonates of Sri Lanka List of odonates of India List of odonata of Kerala Pied Parasol (Neurothemis tullia tullia) – Kalahe, Galle, Sri Lanka
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 7 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colachel | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 3 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Ponnani | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Paddy Skimmer sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 147 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 182 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, June and August–November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Paddy Skimmer in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against about 20% in May, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pied Paddy Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 24
Of the 24 cities where we can rate Pied Paddy Skimmer sightings, Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] ranks 5th at about 40%. The best odds are in Colachel (India, about 50%), Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 40%) and Thrissur (India, about 40%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Pied Paddy Skimmer that you can see in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Common Picture Wing (about 30%), Ditch Jewel (about 30%) and Chalky Percher (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pied Paddy Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (147 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.
