Ictinogomphus rapax
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Ictinogomphus rapax, the common clubtail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found throughout the Indomalayan region. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail sighting in Salem on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 44th most-seen of the 99 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail in Salem on a given day, against under 5% in June and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Salem's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 160 mm in October.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Common Clubtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Indian Common Clubtail sightings, Salem has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Bhopal (India, about 20%) and Thiruvananthapuram (India, about 20%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Indian Common Clubtail that you can see in Salem (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Scarlet Skimmer (about 40%), Ditch Jewel (about 30%) and Common Picture Wing (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Common Clubtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Salem (22 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.
