Erythemis vesiculosa
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Erythemis vesiculosa, the great pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. It is distributed throughout the Americas as far north as the United States. Erythemis vesiculosa. Deprecated link archived 2013-07-22 at archive.today NatureServe. 2012. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Great Pondhawk sighting in Guayaquil on a given day, based on 77 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 30 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Great Pondhawk in Guayaquil on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month. That is one of Guayaquil's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 220 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Pondhawk sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Great Pondhawk sightings, Guayaquil has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come San Pedro Sula (Honduras, about 20%) and Manaus (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Great Pondhawk that you can see in Guayaquil (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Band-Winged Dragonlet (about 20%), Wandering Glider (about 20%) and Striped Saddlebags (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Guayaquil (77 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.
