Pseudagrion malabaricum
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Pseudagrion malabaricum, Malabar sprite, jungle grass dart, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. It is a medium-sized damselfly with blue eyes, dark on top. Back of the head is black in adults. Its thorax is azure blue with broad black dorsal, medial and humeral stripes. Abdominal segments 1 and 2 are blue with black marks on the dorsum. Mark on segment 2 looks like a chalice or thistle-head. Segments 3 to 7 are black on dorsum and blue on the sides. Segments 8 and 9 are blue with narrow black apical annules. Segment 10 is black on dorsum and blue on the sides. Superior anal appendages are black, diverging outward, and curving inward on the apices. They are smaller than segment 10; but not as small as those of Pseudagrion australasiae. Inferiors are very small.
Eyes and thorax of the female is bluish green, marked as in the male. Color of the abdomen is similar to the male; but paler. Segments 8 and 9 are also black with fine apical blue rings. Segment 10 is pale blue. It breeds in ponds, lakes, paddy fields and marshes in the hills.
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| 1 | Mysuru | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Malabar Sprite sighting in Mysuru on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 72nd most-seen of the 95 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Malabar Sprite in Mysuru on a given day, against under 5% in January–July, September and November, the lowest months.
Only Mysuru, in our data
Mysuru is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Malabar Sprite sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Malabar Sprite that you can see in Mysuru (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Coromandel Marsh Dart (about 30%), Common Bluetail (about 30%) and Wandering Midget (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Malabar Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Mysuru (6 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.
