Scarlet Adjutant

Scarlet Adjutant

Aethriamanta brevipennis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Kuala Lumpur

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

6 Verified sightings at Kuala Lumpur
May Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Scarlet Adjutant

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 →

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 Thiruvananthapuram 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Thrissur 🇮🇳 India
~20%
3 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~20%
4 Dhaka 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
~20%
5 Ponnani 🇮🇳 India
~20%
6 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~20%
7 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
~10%
8 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
9 Kozhikode 🇮🇳 India
~10%
10 Kollam 🇮🇳 India
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Scarlet Adjutant in Kuala Lumpur?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Adjutant sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 273rd most-seen of the 323 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Scarlet Adjutant in Kuala Lumpur?

February, May and September–October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Adjutant in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–August and November–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Scarlet Adjutant?

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.

Is Kuala Lumpur the best place to see a Scarlet Adjutant?

13th of 13

Of the 13 cities where we can rate Scarlet Adjutant sightings, Kuala Lumpur ranks 13th at under 5%. The best odds are in Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 30%), Thrissur (India, about 20%) and Kochi (India, about 20%).

Where does the Scarlet Adjutant sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Scarlet Adjutant is recorded against all the insects logged in Kuala Lumpur (6 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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