Palpopleura portia
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Palpopleura portia, the portia widow, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 2 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 5 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Portia Widow sighting in Ouagadougou on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 28 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Portia Widow in Ouagadougou on a given day, against under 5% in May and June, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Portia Widow sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Portia Widow sightings, Ouagadougou has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Kampala (Uganda, about 20%) and Kigali (Rwanda, about 20%).
Same genus: Palpopleura
The closest relatives of the Portia Widow that you can see in Ouagadougou (genus Palpopleura, Widows) are Lucia Widow (about 40%) and Deceptive Widow (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Portia Widow is recorded against all the insects logged in Ouagadougou (10 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.
