Pseudagrion hageni
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pseudagrion hageni is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Common names include painted sprite and Hagen's sprite. It is found from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola (including Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania). Its natural habitats are shaded streams in subtropical or tropical forest, thicket and bush. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hagen's Sprite sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 97th most-seen of the 298 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hagen's Sprite in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hagen's 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 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Hagen's Sprite sightings, Garden Route National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 20%).
Same genus: Pseudagrion
The closest relatives of the Hagen's Sprite that you can see in Garden Route National Park (genus Pseudagrion, Sprites) are Palmiet Sprite (about 10%), Maasai Sprite (about 10%) and Mountain Sprite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hagen's Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (31 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.
