What are the chances of seeing a Scarlet Dragonlet in Manu National Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Dragonlet sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 142nd most-seen of the 366 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Scarlet Dragonlet in Manu National Park?
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Dragonlet in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and December–May, the lowest months. That is one of Manu National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 290 mm in February.
What time of day is best to see a Scarlet Dragonlet?
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarlet Dragonlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Scarlet Dragonlet?
Only Manu National Park, in our data
Manu National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Scarlet Dragonlet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Where does the Scarlet Dragonlet sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet Dragonlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Manu National Park (11 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.