Anax gibbosulus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Anax gibbosulus is a species of large dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae, commonly known as the green emperor. It inhabits swamps and brackish waters from India through northern Australia to the Pacific. Anax gibbosulus is a very large dragonfly with a green body and dark brown tail with pale markings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Emperor sighting in Kakadu National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 76 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.
May
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Green Emperor in Kakadu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–July, September–October and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Kakadu National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 350 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Emperor sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kakadu National Park, in our data
Kakadu National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green Emperor sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Emperor is recorded against all the insects logged in Kakadu National Park (9 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.
