Argia translata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The dusky dancer (Argia translata) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native to eastern and southern North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Dancer sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th most-seen of the 131 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.
March–April, July, September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Dancer in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, May–June, August and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Dusky Dancer sightings, Panama City ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Austin (United States, about 10%), Dallas (United States, about 10%) and Monterrey (México, about 10%).
Same genus: Argia
The closest relatives of the Dusky Dancer that you can see in Panama City (genus Argia, Dancers) are Purple Dancer (about 10%) and Fiery-Eyed Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Panama City (13 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.
