Pseudothemis zonata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Skimmer sighting in Guangzhou on a given day, based on 66 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 44th most-seen of the 482 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Skimmer in Guangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months. That is one of Guangzhou's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain against 30 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pied Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
17th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Pied Skimmer sightings, Guangzhou ranks 17th at about 10%. The best odds are in Ningbo (China, about 20%), Daegu (South Korea, about 20%) and Jinan (China, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Pied Skimmer that you can see in Guangzhou (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Russet Percher (about 10%), Wandering Glider (about 10%) and Slender Skimmer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pied Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Guangzhou (66 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.
