Pseudagrion hageni
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Pseudagrion hageni is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Common names include painted sprite and Hagen's sprite. It is found from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola (including Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania). Its natural habitats are shaded streams in subtropical or tropical forest, thicket and bush. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hagen's Sprite sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 358th most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and April–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hagen's Sprite in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and June–December, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hagen's Sprite sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Hagen's Sprite sightings, Kruger National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Kibale National Park (Uganda, about 20%) and Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same genus: Pseudagrion
The closest relatives of the Hagen's 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 Hagen's Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (60 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.
