Pseudagrion massaicum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Pseudagrion massaicum is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, and possibly Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Maasai Sprite sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 82nd 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Maasai Sprite in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and May–September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Maasai Sprite sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Maasai Sprite sightings, Garden Route National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%), Pilanesberg National Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same genus: Pseudagrion
The closest relatives of the Maasai Sprite that you can see in Garden Route National Park (genus Pseudagrion, Sprites) are Palmiet Sprite (about 10%), Hagen's 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 Maasai Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (30 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.
