Ophiogomphus occidentis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Ophiogomphus occidentis, the sinuous snaketail, is a species of clubtail in the family of dragonflies known as Gomphidae. It is found in North America. The IUCN conservation status of Ophiogomphus occidentis is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sinuous Snaketail sighting in Sacramento on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 145th most-seen of the 386 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sinuous Snaketail in Sacramento on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sinuous Snaketail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Sacramento, in our data
Sacramento is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sinuous Snaketail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sinuous Snaketail is recorded against all the insects logged in Sacramento (31 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.
