Trithemis arteriosa
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Trithemis arteriosa, the red-veined dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Trithemis arteriosa is widespread and common in most of its range which includes most of Africa and extends to western Asia and southern Europe. In Africa, it is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In western Asia and southern Europe, it is found in Crete, Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
This dragonfly is found in and near a wide variety of slow-flowing and still-water habitats. These include streams... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Veined Dropwing sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 217 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 748 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 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Veined Dropwing in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month. That is one of Kruger National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 110 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Veined Dropwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Red-Veined Dropwing sightings, Kruger National Park ranks 7th at about 20%. The best odds are in Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 30%), uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 30%) and Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%).
Same genus: Trithemis
The closest relatives of the Red-Veined Dropwing that you can see in Kruger National Park (genus Trithemis, Dropwings) are Violet Dropwing (about 20%), Orange-Winged Dropwing (about 20%) and Elegant Dropwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Veined Dropwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (217 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.
