Nehalennia pallidula
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Nehalennia pallidula, the Everglades sprite, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it has been found only in Florida and Texas. Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss from water diversion, peat fires, and invasive species. It has a low level of detection due to its preference for dense vegetation and its small size. 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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Everglades Sprite sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 225 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 56th most-seen of the 826 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Everglades Sprite in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Everglades Sprite sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 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 Everglades Sprite sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Everglades Sprite that you can see in Miami (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Rambur's Forktail (about 20%), Citrine Forktail (about 10%) and Florida Bluet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Everglades Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (225 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.
