Diplacodes trivialis
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Diplacodes trivialis is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae known as the chalky percher or ground skimmer. It is found in Seychelles, Oman, United Arab Emirates, China, Japan, India, Maldives and southwards to New Guinea and Australia.
Diplacodes trivialis is small dragonfly with bluish eyes and greenish-yellow or olivaceous thorax and abdomen with black marks. In very old adults, the whole thorax and abdomen become uniform pruinosed blue. Clear wings, without apical or basal markings, and the creamy white anal appendages and deep pruinescence in adults help to distinguish this species from others in its genus. It breeds in ponds, wet rice fields, shallow lakes, drainage ditches and similar habitats. It is one of the most common dragonflies in Asia, found in both the plains and hills and in dry and wet areas.
The genus name Diplacodes combines Diplax, a genus name derived from the Greek δίς (dis, "twice") and πλάξ (plax, "flat and broad"), with the Greek suffix –ώδης (-ōdēs, "resembling" or "having the nature of"). The name refers to the similarity of the genus to Diplax and Diplacina.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 8 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 13 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 14 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 15 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 16 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 5 | Raipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Ranchi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Makassar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Tiruchirappalli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Durg | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Chalky Percher sighting in Hyderabad on a given day, based on 818 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 318 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Chalky Percher in Hyderabad on a given day, against under 5% in January and February, the lowest months. Those are among Hyderabad's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against almost none in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chalky Percher 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 64 cities where we can rate Chalky Percher sightings, Hyderabad has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Thrissur (India, about 50%) and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (India, about 50%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Chalky Percher that you can see in Hyderabad (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Wandering Glider (about 30%), Slender Skimmer (about 20%) and Scarlet Skimmer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chalky Percher is recorded against all the insects logged in Hyderabad (818 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.
