Rhadinosticta simplex
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Rhadinosticta simplex is a species of damselfly in the family Isostictidae. It is commonly known as the powdered wiretail. It is located in Australia, where it is fairly common and localised. The powdered wiretail is a medium-sized damselfly with a length of 40 millimetres (1.6 in). Its abdomen is very long and slender, and extends well beyond the wing-tips. The damselfly has green eyes, a narrow reddish antehumeral stripe and some narrow broken pale green markings on the side of the thorax. Its abdomen is all black above with distinct pale green sides.
The powdered wiretail has weak fluttery flight. It often flies in shaded areas around vegetation hanging over the stream edge, such as black wattle. Many males in groups can be found perching high up above water. Rhadinosticta simplex has been recorded in Australia from near Cooktown in Queensland to Melbourne in Victoria.
Rhadinosticta simplex is found among thick tea-tree beside slow-flowing sections of a river. The damselfly has a flight season from December to April. In Victoria it can be seen in flight during summer and most of autumn. Further... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Powdered Wiretail sighting in Lamington National Park on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 69th most-seen of the 430 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 Powdered Wiretail in Lamington National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Powdered Wiretail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lamington National Park, in our data
Lamington National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Powdered Wiretail sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Powdered Wiretail is recorded against all the insects logged in Lamington National Park (50 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.
