Ischnura hastata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The citrine forktail (Ischnura hastata) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Citrine Forktail sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 54th most-seen of the 83 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.
April–May and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Citrine Forktail in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and June–September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Citrine Forktail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Citrine Forktail sightings, Galápagos Islands ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 30%), Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (Guatemala, about 10%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Citrine Forktail that you can see in Galápagos Islands (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Striped Saddlebags (about 20%), Great Pondhawk (about 10%) and Tawny Pennant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Citrine Forktail is recorded against all the insects logged in Galápagos Islands (12 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.
