Telebasis byersi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The duckweed firetail (Telebasis byersi) is a small species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It occurs only in the United States, primarily the southeast. Telebasis byersi is a small pond damselfly. Adults are 25–31 millimetres (0.98–1.22 in) long. Adult males are bright red with some black markings on the head and thorax, with eyes red above and yellow below. Females are brown and tan. Nymphs are 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in) long and stocky, generally green or brown, with banding on the eyes and few other definite markings. The adult's red abdomen is visible through the skin on nymphs ready to emerge.
Adults are similar in appearance to Telebasis salva, but can be distinguished by range (except for a possible overlap in Texas). Nymphs may be distinguished from T. salva using various characters. Its common name "duckweed firetail" refers to its habitat preference (duckweed-covered ponds) and its classification in Telebasis, the firetail damselflies. Its specific epithet byersi was chosen in honor of the entomologist C. F. Byers.
Telebasis byersi is found primarily along the United States east coast, from Maryland south... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Duckweed Firetail sighting in Orlando on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 161st most-seen of the 294 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Duckweed Firetail in Orlando on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October–April, the lowest months. Those are among Orlando's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in November.
Only Orlando, in our data
Orlando is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Duckweed Firetail sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Duckweed Firetail that you can see in Orlando (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Rambur's Forktail (about 10%), Blue-Ringed Dancer (about 10%) and Citrine Forktail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Duckweed Firetail is recorded against all the insects logged in Orlando (11 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.
