Trithemis stictica
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Trithemis stictica, the Jaunty Dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jaunty Dropwing sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 86th most-seen of the 316 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Jaunty Dropwing in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–August and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among iSimangaliso Wetland Park's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jaunty Dropwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Jaunty Dropwing sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 20%).
Same genus: Trithemis
The closest relatives of the Jaunty Dropwing that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (genus Trithemis, Dropwings) are Violet Dropwing (about 30%), Red-Veined Dropwing (about 10%) and Silhouette Dropwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jaunty Dropwing is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (24 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.
