Sympetrum pallipes
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Sympetrum pallipes, the striped meadowhawk, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in North America. The IUCN conservation status of Sympetrum pallipes is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Meadowhawk sighting in Portland on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 154th most-seen of the 507 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Meadowhawk in Portland on a given day, against under 5% in November to June, the lowest months. Those are among Portland's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in December.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striped Meadowhawk sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Striped Meadowhawk sightings, Portland ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Denver (United States, about 10%) and Seattle (United States, about 10%).
Same genus: Sympetrum
The closest relatives of the Striped Meadowhawk that you can see in Portland (genus Sympetrum, Meadowhawks) are Cardinal Meadowhawk (about 10%) and Variegated Meadowhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Striped Meadowhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Portland (45 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.
