Erythemis plebeja
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Erythemis plebeja, the pin-tailed pondhawk, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Erythemis plebeja is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is increasing. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 8 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-Tailed Pondhawk sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 121 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 113th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-Tailed Pondhawk in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pin-Tailed Pondhawk sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Pin-Tailed Pondhawk sightings, Miami ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Barranquilla (Colombia, about 30%), San Pedro Sula (Honduras, about 10%) and Vitória (Brazil, about 10%).
Same genus: Erythemis
The closest relatives of the Pin-Tailed Pondhawk that you can see in Miami (genus Erythemis, Pondhawks) are Eastern Pondhawk (about 10%) and Great Pondhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pin-Tailed Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (121 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.
