Perithemis intensa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The Mexican amberwing (Perithemis intensa) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Amberwing sighting in Los Angeles on a given day, based on 367 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 75th most-seen of the 851 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Amberwing in Los Angeles on a given day, against under 5% in November to May, the lowest months. Those are among Los Angeles's driest months, with almost no rain against 75 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mexican Amberwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Mexican Amberwing sightings, Los Angeles ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Mesa (United States, about 20%) and Phoenix (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Mexican Amberwing that you can see in Los Angeles (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Flame Skimmer (about 10%), Blue Dasher (about 10%) and Variegated Meadowhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mexican Amberwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Angeles (367 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.
