Ictinogomphus rapax
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Ictinogomphus rapax, the common clubtail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found throughout the Indomalayan region. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 200th most-seen of the 362 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, June–July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in May, August and November–March, the lowest months. Those are among Mumbai's wettest months, with about 370 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Common Clubtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
16th of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Indian Common Clubtail sightings, Mumbai ranks 16th at about 10%. The best odds are in Salem (India, about 20%), Bhopal (India, about 20%) and Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Common Clubtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (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.
