Hamon's Sprite

Hamon's Sprite

Pseudagrion hamoni

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Durban

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

14 Verified sightings at Durban
157 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Hamon's Sprite

Pseudagrion hamoni, the swarthy sprite, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
2 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Durban 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Hamon's Sprite in Durban?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hamon's Sprite sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 176th most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Hamon's Sprite in Durban?

December to April

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hamon's Sprite in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in May to November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Hamon's Sprite?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hamon's Sprite sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Hamon's Sprite?

Only Durban, in our data

Durban is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hamon's Sprite sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Hamon's Sprite live in Durban?

Same genus: Pseudagrion

The closest relatives of the Hamon's Sprite that you can see in Durban (genus Pseudagrion, Sprites) are Powder-Faced Sprite (about 10%), Hagen's Sprite (about 10%) and Salisbury Sprite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Hamon's Sprite sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Hamon's Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (14 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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