Tramea darwini
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Saddlebags sighting in Mesa on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 139th 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.
July to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Saddlebags in Mesa on a given day, against under 5% in January to June, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striped Saddlebags sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Striped Saddlebags sightings, Mesa ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Guayaquil (Ecuador, about 10%) and Panama City (Panama, about 10%).
Same genus: Tramea
The closest relatives of the Striped Saddlebags that you can see in Mesa (genus Tramea, Saddlebag Gliders) are Red Saddlebags (about 10%) and Black Saddlebags (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Striped Saddlebags is recorded against all the insects logged in Mesa (13 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.
