Sympetrum corruptum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The variegated meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Padre Island National Seashore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 14 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Ciudad Juárez | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Variegated Meadowhawk sighting in Seattle on a given day, based on 109 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 428 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Variegated Meadowhawk in Seattle on a given day, against under 5% in October to March, the lowest months. Those are among Seattle's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in November.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Variegated Meadowhawk sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 27
Of the 27 cities where we can rate Variegated Meadowhawk sightings, Seattle ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Sacramento (United States, about 20%), Mesa (United States, about 20%) and Ciudad Juárez (México, about 10%).
Same genus: Sympetrum
The closest relatives of the Variegated Meadowhawk that you can see in Seattle (genus Sympetrum, Meadowhawks) are Cardinal Meadowhawk (about 10%) and Striped Meadowhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Variegated Meadowhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Seattle (109 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.
