Aciagrion occidentale
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Aciagrion occidentale, green striped slender dartlet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam and Thailand. It is a long slender damselfly with a black spot in blue on the 8th segment of the abdomen. Its thorax is black with lateral azure blue stripes. Its abdomen is extremely slender with black on dorsum of segments 1 to 7 and light blue on the lateral sides. Segment 8 is blue with a narrow triangle black dorsal spot, segment 9 is blue. Segment 10 is black on dorsum and blue on the sides. Female is similar to the male except in the last three abdominal segments. Segment 8 has a broad black mark on dorsum, 9 with a small basal dorsal spot, and 10 is entirely blue.
It flies close to the ground and found in shrub dominated wetlands. In spite of its delicate build, it enjoys migration by rising high in the air and takes advantage of its lightweight in air currents. List of odonates of India
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-Striped Slender Dartlet sighting in Kochi on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 177th most-seen of the 428 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.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-Striped Slender Dartlet in Kochi on a given day, against under 5% in July, September and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Kochi's driest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 490 mm in June.
Among the best
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Green-Striped Slender Dartlet sightings, Kochi ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Thrissur (India, about 10%) and Kollam (India, about 10%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Green-Striped Slender Dartlet that you can see in Kochi (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Coromandel Marsh Dart (about 40%), Common Bluetail (about 30%) and Wandering Midget (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-Striped Slender Dartlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Kochi (28 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.
