Africallagma glaucum
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Africallagma glaucum is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Bluet sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 72 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 37th most-seen of the 298 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Bluet in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May–October and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swamp Bluet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Swamp Bluet sightings, Garden Route National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa, about 10%) and iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Swamp Bluet that you can see in Garden Route National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Common Bluetail (about 30%), Common Citril (about 20%) and Palmiet Sprite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Swamp Bluet is recorded against all the insects logged in Garden Route National Park (72 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.
