Crocothemis servilia
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The scarlet skimmer or ruddy marsh skimmer (Crocothemis servilia) is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii. It is a medium sized dragonfly. The male is blood-red, with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen in the nominate subspecies. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male, but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.
It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields. List of odonates of Sri Lanka List of odonates of India List of odonata of Kerala "Crocothemis servilia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 February 2006.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 5 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 13 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Daegu | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 5 | Raipur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Durg | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Prayagraj | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Skimmer sighting in Prayagraj on a given day, based on 80 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Skimmer in Prayagraj on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and December–March, the lowest months. That is one of Prayagraj's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against almost none in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarlet Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 79
Of the 79 cities where we can rate Scarlet Skimmer sightings, Prayagraj ranks 7th at about 40%. The best odds are in Kota (India, about 70%), Vasai-Virar (India, about 40%) and Kolkata (India, about 40%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Scarlet Skimmer that you can see in Prayagraj (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Chalky Percher (about 40%), Granite Ghost (about 40%) and Wandering Glider (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Prayagraj (80 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.
