Prodasineura verticalis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Prodasineura verticalis is a damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is commonly known as the red-striped black bambootail or black bambootail. Prodasineura verticalis can be found in these Asian countries, which are China, Guangxi, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
This damselfly species has six subspecies. The following are the subspecies. Prodasineura verticalis andamanensis (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Prodasineura verticalis annandalei (South India) Prodasineura verticalis burmanensis
Prodasineura verticalis delia Prodasineura verticalis humeralis (often treated as a distinct species) Prodasineura verticalis verticalis It is medium size damselfly with black-capped brown eyes. Its hindwings are about 19–20 mm and the abdomen about 30 mm. The male of this damselfly is mostly black with red and yellow stripes on its thorax and small yellow spots on the abdomen. The pterostigma or the wing spot is diamond-shaped and is dark brown in colour. Abdomen is black with segments 3 to 6 have small base-dorsal yellow spots. Remaining segments are unmarked. The female... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Striped Black Bambootail sighting in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 56th most-seen of the 103 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Striped Black Bambootail in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–June, August and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Striped Black Bambootail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Red-Striped Black Bambootail sightings, Gunung Leuser National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 10%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Red-Striped Black Bambootail that you can see in Gunung Leuser National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Common Parasol (about 30%), Orange Skimmer (about 30%) and Blue Marsh Hawk (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Striped Black Bambootail is recorded against all the insects logged in Gunung Leuser 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.
