Epitheca stella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Epitheca stella, the Florida baskettail, is a species of emerald dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is found in North America. The IUCN conservation status of Epitheca stella is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Florida Baskettail sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 255th most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Florida Baskettail in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to November, the lowest months. Those are among Everglades National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 240 mm in June.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Florida Baskettail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Everglades National Park, in our data
Everglades National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Florida Baskettail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Florida Baskettail that you can see in Everglades National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Halloween Pennant (about 50%), Eastern Pondhawk (about 40%) and Band-Winged Dragonlet (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Florida Baskettail is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (11 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.
