Lestes macrostigma
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Lestes macrostigma is a species of damselfly of the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known by the common name dark spreadwing. It is native to much of southern Europe, its distribution extending into western Asia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dark Spreadwing sighting in Doñana National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 87 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.
May and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dark Spreadwing in Doñana National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to March, the lowest months. Those are among Doñana National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 90 mm in October.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dark 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.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Dark Spreadwing sightings, Doñana National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Camargue (France, about 20%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Dark Spreadwing that you can see in Doñana National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Nomad (about 40%), Iberian Bluetail (about 30%) and Broad Scarlet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dark Spreadwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Doñana National Park (14 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.
