Lestes praemorsus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Lestes praemorsus is a damselfly species in the family Lestidae. It is commonly known as the scalloped spreadwing or sapphire-eyed spreadwing. It is very widely distributed from India to China and south to New Guinea. It is a medium-sized damselfly with the male have an abdomen length 32 to 35 mm compared to the similar looking species, Lestes dorothea having an abdomen length 36–40 mm. Its head is black and matured males have deep sapphire-blue eyes as in L. dorothea. Its thorax is black, pruinosed white laterally, yellowish beneath. The dorsum of the thorax is marked with a pair of metallic green antehumeral stripes shaped like those seen in L. dorothea. There are several irregular spots present on both sides. The thorax of matured males are heavily pruinosed, obscuring all these markings. Abdomen is blue marked with black on dorsum. Segments 2 to 7 have very narrow bluish basal rings. Segment 8 has a thin apico-lateral blue spot. Segment 9 has a very large lateral spot of blue on each side which may get pruinosed to form an apical ring in adults. Segment 10 also has a blue spot on each side, get pruinosed to form an apical ring in adults. Anal appendages... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Scalloped Spreadwing sighting in Kochi on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 377th most-seen of the 428 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scalloped Spreadwing in Kochi on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–April, the lowest months. Those are among Kochi's wettest months, with about 360 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scalloped Spreadwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Scalloped Spreadwing sightings, Kochi ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Singapore (Singapore, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scalloped Spreadwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Kochi (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.
