Ictinogomphus rapax
In 3 days ~40% 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 Thiruvananthapuram on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 60th most-seen of the 112 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July, September and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail in Thiruvananthapuram on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and October–November, the lowest months.
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.
Among the best
Of the 16 cities where we can rate Indian Common Clubtail sightings, Thiruvananthapuram ranks 3rd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Salem (India, about 20%) and Bhopal (India, about 20%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Indian Common Clubtail that you can see in Thiruvananthapuram (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Coromandel Marsh Dart (about 40%), Slender Blue Skimmer (about 40%) and Ditch Jewel (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 Thiruvananthapuram (8 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.
