Anax immaculifrons
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Anax immaculifrons, the magnificent emperor, or blue darner, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. Almost all its range is in West and South Asia; it is Europe's largest dragonfly but very marginal in the continent, where it is restricted to the east Aegean Islands and Cyprus. A similar dragonfly further east in Asia is now recognised as a separate species, A. aurantiacus.
A. immaculifrons has a length of 80–86 mm (3.1–3.4 in) and a wingspan of about 120 mm (4.7 in). It is a large, bluish green dragonfly with sapphire-blue eyes, bluish-green thorax, and pale reddish-brown abdomen marked with black. Its thorax is pale bluish-green on dorsum with a blackish-brown mid-dorsal carina and turquoise-blue laterally. There is a narrow black stripe over humeral suture and a very broad one over the postero-lateral suture with a narrow black posterior border on metepimeron. Wings are transparent with amber-yellow tint. Segment 1 of the abdomen is entirely black. Segment 2 is turquoise-blue, with a mid-dorsal transverse mark shaped like a sea-gull in flight. Segment 3 has its basal half turquoise-blue and apical half black, with a small mid-dorsal spot on blue. Segments... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fiery Emperor sighting in Pune on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 225th most-seen of the 340 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.
January, March and May–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fiery Emperor in Pune on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and August–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fiery Emperor sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Fiery Emperor sightings, Pune ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Bengaluru (India, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fiery Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in Pune (9 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.
