Ischnura hastata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The citrine forktail (Ischnura hastata) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Citrine Forktail sighting in Houston on a given day, based on 121 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 138th most-seen of the 1057 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Citrine Forktail in Houston on a given day, against under 5% in November to January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Citrine Forktail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Citrine Forktail sightings, Houston ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Orlando (United States, about 10%) and Miami (United States, about 10%).
Same genus: Ischnura
The closest relatives of the Citrine Forktail that you can see in Houston (genus Ischnura, Forktails) are Rambur's Forktail (about 10%) and Fragile Forktail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Citrine Forktail is recorded against all the insects logged in Houston (121 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.
