Acisoma panorpoides
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Acisoma panorpoides, the Asian pintail, trumpet tail, or grizzled pintail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in Asia, from the Indian subcontinent to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia.
It is a small dragonfly with blue eyes. Its thorax is azure-blue marbled with black to form a beautiful pattern on the dorsum and the sides. Abdomen is azure-blue, marked with black. Segments 1 to 5 have sutures finely and ventral borders more broadly black. There is a dorsal stripe which broadens at the jugal sutures and apical borders of segments. There is a speckled stripe on sub-dorsum of segments 1 to 4. There is a large ventro-lateral spot on each of segments 3 to 5. Segments 6 and 7 are black with a large spot of blue on each side. Segments 8 to 10 are entirely black. Anal appendages are bluish-white. Female is similar to the male; but with greenish-yellow eyes, thorax and abdominal segments up to 5.
The characteristic shape of the abdomen will serve to distinguish this species from other Libellulidae. It is found in subtropical or tropical swampy or marshy habitats. It has a very weak and short flight and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 3 | Kota | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Mysuru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Ponnani | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grizzled Pintail sighting in Kaohsiung on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 155th most-seen of the 218 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and May–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grizzled Pintail in Kaohsiung on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grizzled Pintail sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
29th of 33
Of the 33 cities where we can rate Grizzled Pintail sightings, Kaohsiung ranks 29th at about 10%. The best odds are in Salem (India, about 30%), Dhaka (Bangladesh, about 30%) and Kota (India, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Grizzled Pintail that you can see in Kaohsiung (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Chalky Percher (about 20%), Slender Skimmer (about 20%) and Neurothemis taiwanensis (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grizzled Pintail is recorded against all the insects logged in Kaohsiung (17 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.
