Orthetrum luzonicum
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The marsh skimmer, also known as tricolored marsh hawk, and slender blue skimmer, (Orthetrum luzonicum) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Mysuru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Blue Skimmer sighting in Mysuru on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 95 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and September–October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Slender Blue Skimmer in Mysuru on a given day, against under 5% in March, July and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Mysuru's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slender Blue Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Slender Blue Skimmer sightings, Mysuru ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 40%) and Kozhikode (India, about 20%).
Same genus: Orthetrum
The closest relatives of the Slender Blue Skimmer that you can see in Mysuru (genus Orthetrum) are Slender Skimmer (about 20%), Crimson-Tailed Marsh Hawk (about 10%) and Little Skimmer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slender Blue Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Mysuru (22 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.
