Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart

Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Johor Bahru

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

7 Verified sightings at Johor Bahru
49 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum, commonly known as the orange-tailed marsh dart or bi-coloured damsel, is a medium-sized damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is a very common species of damselflies in Asia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
2 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
3 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Thrissur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
~30%
3 Kuching 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
4 Guwahati 🇮🇳 India
~30%
5 Dhaka 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~20%
6 Kozhikode 🇮🇳 India
~20%
7 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~20%
8 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~20%
9 Ponnani 🇮🇳 India
~20%
10 Johor Bahru 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart in Johor Bahru?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sighting in Johor Bahru on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 27th most-seen of the 53 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart in Johor Bahru?

December

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart in Johor Bahru on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and August–September, the lowest months. That is one of Johor Bahru's wettest months, with about 300 mm of rain against 100 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Johor Bahru the best place to see an Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart?

10th of 15

Of the 15 cities where we can rate Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sightings, Johor Bahru ranks 10th at about 20%. The best odds are in Thrissur (India, about 30%), Kolkata (India, about 30%) and Kuching (Malaysia, about 30%).

Where does the Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Orange-Tailed Marsh Dart is recorded against all the insects logged in Johor Bahru (7 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.

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