Tramea darwini
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Saddlebags sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 204 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Saddlebags in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against about 10% in March and October, the lowest months. Those are among Galápagos Islands's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in March.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striped Saddlebags sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Striped Saddlebags sightings, Galápagos Islands has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 10%) and Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Striped Saddlebags that you can see in Galápagos Islands (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are 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 Striped Saddlebags is recorded against all the insects logged in Galápagos Islands (204 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.
