Paracercion calamorum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Paracercion calamorum, the dusky lilly-squatter, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It has a range that extends from southern far-eastern Russia to Japan, and to India and Indonesia. The nominate subspecies P. c. calamorum is known from central and eastern China, Korea and Japan. The subspecies P. c. dyeri occurs in southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, India, Nepal, and Thailand.
It is a medium-sized damselfly with brown-capped yellowish green eyes. Its thorax is black on dorsum without any or very fine azure blue antehumeral stripes, which are very broad in Paracercion malayanum. Lateral sides of thorax are greenish blue with a fine black line on the upper part of each lateral suture. In old males, all these marks are obscured by bluish white pruinescence. Its wings are transparent and pterostigma is yellow, framed with heavy black nervures. Its abdomen is azure blue with broad black dorsal marks up to segment 7. Segment 2 has a distinct broad dorsal spot connected narrowly to a fine apical ring. This mark will help to distinguish it from Pseudagrion species. Segment 10 has a narrow mid-dorsal black streak. Female is dull... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Lilysquatter sighting in Nanjing on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 170th most-seen of the 272 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.
May to July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Lilysquatter in Nanjing on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months. Those are among Nanjing's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Lilysquatter sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Dusky Lilysquatter sightings, Nanjing ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Daegu (South Korea, about 30%), Daejeon (South Korea, about 10%) and Suzhou (China, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Lilysquatter is recorded against all the insects logged in Nanjing (9 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.
