Aeshna brevistyla
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Spotted Hawker sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 418 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.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Spotted Hawker in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Spotted Hawker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Blue-Spotted Hawker sightings, Great Otway National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Lamington National Park (Australia, about 20%) and Grampians National Park (Australia, about 20%).
Same family: Aeshnidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-Spotted Hawker that you can see in Great Otway National Park (family Aeshnidae, Darners) are Australian Emperor (about 10%), Multi-Spotted Darner (about 10%) and Forest Darner (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Spotted Hawker is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway 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.
