Pseudagrion sublacteum
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Pseudagrion sublacteum or cherry-eye sprite is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Africa from northern South Africa to West and North Africa, and in the Middle East. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical streams and rivers.
A medium-sized damselfly (length 32–41 mm; wingspan 42–48 mm). The face is brick red and the front of the eyes are cherry-red; the back of the eyes are black above and green below; it has mauvish reddish brown post-ocular spots that are joined by a stripe of the same colour. The synthorax is mauvish brown (ageing to purplish brown) with black stripes above; the sides are light blue. The abdomen is black above and green below; segments eight and nine are bright blue with narrow black rings at their ends and segment ten is black above with bright blue sides. Cerci are longer than paraprocts, which are hatchet shaped with a dorsal knob. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cherry-Eye Sprite sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 123 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cherry-Eye Sprite in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to October, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cherry-Eye 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 Cherry-Eye Sprite sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pseudagrion
The closest relatives of the Cherry-Eye Sprite that you can see in Kruger National Park (genus Pseudagrion, Sprites) are Maasai Sprite (about 10%), Hamon's Sprite (about 10%) and Powder-Faced Sprite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cherry-Eye Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (123 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.
