Pseudagrion acaciae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Pseudagrion acaciae, the acacia sprite is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical rivers and floodplains.
A medium-sized damselfly (length 32–38 mm; wingspan 37–48 mm). The face is orange-red and it has greenish post-ocular spots. The front of the eyes are red-orange and the back of the eyes are green-blue. The synthorax is rusty red with black stripes above; the sides are light blue. The abdomen is lime green with black dorsal lines and black rings; segments eight and nine are bright pale blue with black markings at their ends. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Acacia Sprite sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 243rd most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March and May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Acacia Sprite in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and June–December, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's wettest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Acacia Sprite sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Acacia Sprite sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pseudagrion
The closest relatives of the Acacia Sprite that you can see in Kruger National Park (genus Pseudagrion, Sprites) are Cherry-Eye Sprite (about 10%), Maasai Sprite (about 10%) and Hamon's Sprite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Acacia Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (32 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.
