Aethriamanta brevipennis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Aethriamanta brevipennis, scarlet marsh hawk, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia and also occurs in the Solomon Islands. Two subspecies may be recognized:
Its thorax is dark chocolate-brown on dorsum and humeral region, paling on sides. Wings are transparent, tinted with deep golden-amber at base. Abdomen and anal appendages are bright red. Female is similar to the male; but greenish-yellow in colors.
It breeds in weedy ponds and lakes. List of odonates of Sri Lanka List of odonates of India List of odonata of Kerala Animal diversity web Query Results Media related to Aethriamanta brevipennis at Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 5 | Ponnani | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Tuen Mun | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Kollam | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Adjutant sighting in Kochi on a given day, based on 201 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 428 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Adjutant in Kochi on a given day, against about 10% in March, May–June and December, the lowest months. Those are among Kochi's driest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 490 mm in June.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarlet Adjutant sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
3rd of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Scarlet Adjutant sightings, Kochi ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 30%) and Thrissur (India, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Scarlet Adjutant that you can see in Kochi (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Pied Paddy Skimmer (about 40%), Oriental Blue Dasher (about 30%) and Common Picture Wing (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet Adjutant is recorded against all the insects logged in Kochi (201 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.
