Africallagma glaucum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Africallagma glaucum is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Bluet sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 316 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Swamp Bluet in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to January, the lowest months. That is one of iSimangaliso Wetland Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 130 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swamp Bluet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Swamp Bluet sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%) and Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Swamp Bluet that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Common Citril (about 30%), Common Bluetail (about 20%) and Sailing Bluet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Swamp Bluet is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (18 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.
