Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart

Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Dhaka

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

17 Verified sightings at Dhaka
49 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum, commonly known as the orange-tailed marsh dart or bi-coloured damsel, is a medium-sized damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is a very common species of damselflies in Asia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
2 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
3 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Thrissur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Kuching 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
4 Guwahati 🇮🇳 India
~30%
5 Dhaka 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~20%
6 Kozhikode 🇮🇳 India
~20%
7 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~20%
8 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~20%
9 Ponnani 🇮🇳 India
~20%
10 Johor Bahru 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart in Dhaka?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sighting in Dhaka on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 92 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 an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart in Dhaka?

March

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart in Dhaka on a given day, against under 5% in July and November–January, the lowest months. That is one of Dhaka's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 440 mm in July.

What time of day is best to see an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Dhaka the best place to see an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart?

5th of 15

Of the 15 cities where we can rate Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sightings, Dhaka ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Thrissur (India, about 30%), Kolkata (India, about 30%) and Kuching (Malaysia, about 30%).

Where does the Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart is recorded against all the insects logged in Dhaka (17 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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