Austroaeschna parvistigma
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Austroaeschna parvistigma is a species of large dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, known as the swamp darner. It inhabits heavily vegetated and slow-flowing streams in eastern Australia, from northern New South Wales through Victoria, Tasmania and parts of South Australia.
Austroaeschna parvistigma is a very dark dragonfly with pale markings. It appears similar to the multi-spotted darner, Austroaeschna multipunctata, which inhabits mountain streams of southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria.
The genus name Austroaeschna combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning “south wind”, hence “southern”) with Aeshna, a genus of dragonflies. The species name parvistigma is derived from the Latin parvus ("small") and stigma ("spot" or "mark", from Greek στίγμα (stigma)), referring to the short and narrow pterostigma.
List of dragonflies of Australia Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Darner sighting in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 20 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.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Darner in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swamp Darner sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, in our data
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Swamp Darner sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Swamp Darner is recorded against all the insects logged in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
