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Austroaeschna ingrid
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Austroaeschna ingrid is a species of large dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, known as the Grampians darner. It is known only from the Grampians in western Victoria, Australia, where it inhabits small streams and bogs. Austroaeschna ingrid is a very dark dragonfly with pale markings. It appears similar to the S-spot darner, Austroaeschna christine, the multi-spotted darner, Austroaeschna multipunctata, and the Sydney mountain darner, Austroaeschna obscura.
The genus name Austroaeschna combines the prefix austro- (from Latin auster, meaning “south wind”, hence “southern”) with Aeshna, a genus of dragonflies. In 2008, Günther Theischinger named this species ingrid, honouring his granddaughter Ingrid.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grampian Darner sighting in Grampians National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 104th most-seen of the 148 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.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Grampian Darner in Grampians National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grampian Darner sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Grampians National Park, in our data
Grampians National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Grampian Darner sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grampian Darner is recorded against all the insects logged in Grampians National Park (9 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.
