Sympetrum ambiguum
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Sympetrum ambiguum, the blue-faced meadowhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Faced Meadowhawk sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 513th most-seen of the 822 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Faced Meadowhawk in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and December–July, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Faced Meadowhawk sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-Faced Meadowhawk sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-Faced Meadowhawk that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Common Whitetail (about 20%), Widow Skimmer (about 10%) and Great Blue Skimmer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Faced Meadowhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (7 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.
