Austroargiolestes aureus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Austroargiolestes aureus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Argiolestidae, commonly known as a tropical flatwing. It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforest. Austroargiolestes aureus is a medium-sized to large, black and yellow damselfly, without pruinescence.
Like other members of the family Argiolestidae, it rests with its wings outspread. The genus name Austroargiolestes combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning “south wind”, hence “southern”) with Argiolestes, the name of a related genus. It refers to a southern representative of that group.
The species name aureus is a Latin word meaning "adorned with gold, golden", referring to the species’ "brilliant orange thorax". List of Odonata species of Australia Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Flatwing sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 653rd 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Flatwing in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–September and December, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 380 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Flatwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Flatwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Flatwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree 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.
