Pseudothemis zonata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Skimmer sighting in Osaka on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 352 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pied Skimmer in Osaka on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. That is one of Osaka's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against 55 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pied Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Pied Skimmer sightings, Osaka ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Ningbo (China, about 20%), Daegu (South Korea, about 20%) and Jinan (China, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Pied Skimmer that you can see in Osaka (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are White-Tailed Skimmer (about 30%), Greater Blue Skimmer (about 20%) and Scarlet Skimmer (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pied Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Osaka (64 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.
