Erythemis vesiculosa
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Erythemis vesiculosa, the great pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. It is distributed throughout the Americas as far north as the United States. Erythemis vesiculosa. Deprecated link archived 2013-07-22 at archive.today NatureServe. 2012. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great Pondhawk sighting in Manaus on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 21st most-seen of the 86 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.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Great Pondhawk in Manaus on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months. That is one of Manaus's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 270 mm in March.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Pondhawk 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 19
Of the 19 cities where we can rate Great Pondhawk sightings, Manaus ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Guayaquil (Ecuador, about 30%) and San Pedro Sula (Honduras, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Manaus (12 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.
