Pseudagrion kersteni
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Pseudagrion kersteni, powder-striped sprite, Kersten's sprite or the powder-striped sprite, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitat is rivers. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Powder-Faced Sprite sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 125th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and November–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Powder-Faced Sprite in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and June–October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Powder-Faced 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.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Powder-Faced Sprite sightings, Garden Route National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same genus: Pseudagrion
The closest relatives of the Powder-Faced Sprite that you can see in Garden Route National Park (genus Pseudagrion, Sprites) are Palmiet Sprite (about 10%), Maasai Sprite (about 10%) and Hagen's Sprite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Powder-Faced Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (16 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.
