Hooded Dartlet

Hooded Dartlet

Agriocnemis kalinga

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Kolkata

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

53 Verified sightings at Kolkata
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Hooded Dartlet in Kolkata?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hooded Dartlet sighting in Kolkata on a given day, based on 53 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 61st most-seen of the 213 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 a Hooded Dartlet in Kolkata?

June

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Hooded Dartlet in Kolkata on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. That is one of Kolkata's wettest months, with about 230 mm of rain against 10 mm in December.

What time of day is best to see a Hooded Dartlet?

Between 3 and 6 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hooded Dartlet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Hooded Dartlet?

Only Kolkata, in our data

Kolkata is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hooded Dartlet sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Hooded Dartlet live in Kolkata?

Same genus: Agriocnemis

The closest relatives of the Hooded Dartlet that you can see in Kolkata (genus Agriocnemis, Wisps and Midgets) are Wandering Midget (about 30%) and Milky Midget (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Hooded Dartlet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Hooded Dartlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Kolkata (53 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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