Telebasis salva
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Telebasis salva, the desert firetail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Telebasis salva is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2018. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Firetail sighting in Mesa on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 178th most-seen of the 232 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.
April–June and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Firetail in Mesa on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–March, the lowest months. Those are among Mesa's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 35 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert Firetail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 9
Of the 9 cities where we can rate Desert Firetail sightings, Mesa ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Austin (United States, about 10%), Guadalajara (México, about 10%) and Monterrey (México, under 5%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Desert Firetail that you can see in Mesa (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Blue-Ringed Dancer (about 10%), Rambur's Forktail (about 10%) and Desert Forktail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Firetail is recorded against all the insects logged in Mesa (15 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.
