Telephlebia godeffroyi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Telephlebia godeffroyi is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, known as the eastern evening darner. It is a medium to large, dark chestnut brown dragonfly with dark markings on the leading edge of its wings. It is endemic to eastern New South Wales, Australia, where it inhabits stream margins and waterfalls,
and flies at dusk. The genus name Telephlebia is derived from the Greek τῆλε (tēle, "at a distance") and φλέψ (phleps, "vein"), referring to the unusually elongated vein near the leading edge of the wing. List of Odonata species of Australia Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Evening Darner sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 58 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 160th most-seen of the 742 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.
October to January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Evening Darner in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in February to September, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Evening Darner sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Sydney, in our data
Sydney is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eastern Evening Darner sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Aeshnidae
The closest relatives of the Eastern Evening Darner that you can see in Sydney (family Aeshnidae, Darners) are Australian Emperor (about 10%) and Blue-Spotted Hawker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Evening Darner is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (58 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.
