Lestes tenuatus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Lestes tenuatus, the blue-striped spreadwing, is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Lestes tenuatus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Striped Spreadwing sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 187th most-seen of the 826 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.
February, May and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Striped Spreadwing in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Striped Spreadwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Miami, in our data
Miami is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-Striped Spreadwing sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Blue-Striped Spreadwing that you can see in Miami (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Halloween Pennant (about 20%), Band-Winged Dragonlet (about 20%) and Blue Dasher (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Striped Spreadwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (70 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.
