Nehalennia pallidula
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Nehalennia pallidula, the Everglades sprite, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it has been found only in Florida and Texas. Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss from water diversion, peat fires, and invasive species. It has a low level of detection due to its preference for dense vegetation and its small size. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Everglades Sprite sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 74 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 60th most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March and September–October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Everglades Sprite in Everglades National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, April–August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Everglades Sprite 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 Everglades Sprite sightings, Everglades National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 20%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Everglades Sprite that you can see in Everglades National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Rambur's Forktail (about 30%), Citrine Forktail (about 10%) and Florida Bluet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Everglades Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (74 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.
