Wandering Midget

Wandering Midget

Agriocnemis pygmaea

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

52 Verified sightings at Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]
8 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Wandering Midget

Agriocnemis pygmaea (pygmy wisp) is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is also known as wandering midget, pygmy dartlet or wandering wisp. It is well distributed across Asia and parts of Australia. Agriocnemis pygmaea is a small damselfly with black capped green eyes, black thorax with apple green stripes on lateral sides. Segments 1 to 7 of its abdomen is black on dorsum and pale green on ventral half. The remaining segments are orange-red. Very old males may get pruinosed on the dorsum of the head and the thorax with snowy white, making all the markings beneath being quite obscured. Female is more robust and exhibits several color morphs. The green color of the male is replaced by red in the females in the red forms. In androchrome forms, the female has same green colors as in the male. Female colour variation is depended on ontogenic colour change

associated with sexual development too. Agriocnemis pygmaea breeds in marshes and ponds. The genus name Agriocnemis is derived from two Greek words: agrion or ἄγριος, meaning wild, and cnemis or κνημίς, meaning legging. Agrion was the name given in 1775 by Johan Fabricius... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Berhampore 🇮🇳 India
~40%
2 Tiruchirappalli 🇮🇳 India
~40%
3 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
~30%
4 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~30%
5 Prayagraj 🇮🇳 India
~30%
6 Jamshedpur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
7 Thrissur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
8 Vadodara 🇮🇳 India
~30%
9 Surat 🇮🇳 India
~30%
10 Kota 🇮🇳 India
~30%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Wandering Midget in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wandering Midget sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 52 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 28th most-seen of the 182 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.

When is the best time to see a Wandering Midget in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]?

March and December

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wandering Midget in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against under 5% in May, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Wandering Midget?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wandering Midget sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] the best place to see a Wandering Midget?

21st of 41

Of the 41 cities where we can rate Wandering Midget sightings, Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] ranks 21st at about 20%. The best odds are in Berhampore (India, about 40%), Tiruchirappalli (India, about 40%) and Kolkata (India, about 30%).

Which relatives of the Wandering Midget live in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]?

Same family: Coenagrionidae

The closest relatives of the Wandering Midget that you can see in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Coromandel Marsh Dart (about 20%), Orange-Faced Sprite (about 10%) and Common Bluetail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Wandering Midget sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Wandering Midget is recorded against all the insects logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (52 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.

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