Lestes congener
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Lestes congener is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known by the common name spotted spreadwing. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Spreadwing sighting in Vancouver on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 234th most-seen of the 482 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Spreadwing in Vancouver on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Spreadwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Spotted Spreadwing sightings, Vancouver ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Denver (United States, about 10%), Calgary (Canada, about 10%) and Seattle (United States, under 5%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Spotted Spreadwing that you can see in Vancouver (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Eight-Spotted Skimmer (about 10%), Pacific Forktail (about 10%) and Common Whitetail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Spreadwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Vancouver (18 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.
