Idiataphe cubensis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Idiataphe cubensis, the metallic pennant, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Idiataphe cubensis 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 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Metallic Pennant sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 87 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 149th 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.
April and July–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Metallic Pennant in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Metallic Pennant 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 Metallic Pennant sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Metallic Pennant that you can see in Miami (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) 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 Metallic Pennant is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (87 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.
