Azuragrion nigridorsum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Azuragrion nigridorsum, the black-tailed bluet or sailing bluet, is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sailing Bluet sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 143rd most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April–May and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sailing Bluet in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in March, June–September and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sailing Bluet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Sailing Bluet sightings, Durban has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Cape Town (South Africa, under 5%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Sailing Bluet that you can see in Durban (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Powder-Faced Sprite (about 10%), Common Citril (about 10%) and Hagen's Sprite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sailing Bluet is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (18 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.
