Palpopleura portia
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Palpopleura portia, the portia widow, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 2 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 5 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Portia Widow sighting in Serrekunda on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 12 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Portia Widow in Serrekunda on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and September, the lowest months. Those are among Serrekunda's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Portia Widow sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Portia Widow sightings, Serrekunda ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, about 30%), Kampala (Uganda, about 20%) and Kigali (Rwanda, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Portia Widow that you can see in Serrekunda (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Broad Scarlet (about 30%) and Red Rockdweller (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Portia Widow is recorded against all the insects logged in Serrekunda (5 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.
