Telephlebia tillyardi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Telephlebia tillyardi is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, known as the tropical 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 north-eastern Australia, where it inhabits stream margins,
and flies at dusk. Telephlebia tillyardi appears similar to Telephlebia tryoni. 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.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Evening Darner sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 745th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Evening Darner in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February to December, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 380 mm of rain against 50 mm in September.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical 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 Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tropical Evening Darner sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Aeshnidae
The closest relatives of the Tropical Evening Darner that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Aeshnidae, Darners) are Green-Striped Darner (about 10%), Paddle-Tipped Duskhawker (about 10%) and Ochre-Tipped Darner (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Evening Darner is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (5 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.
