Argia sedula
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Argia sedula, the blue-ringed dancer, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The IUCN conservation status of Argia sedula is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the survival of the species. The population is stable.
It appears that Argia sedula is particularly affected by global warming, which is causing the size of individuals to vary depending on location and climate fluctuations. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 8 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Ringed Dancer sighting in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 41 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 44th most-seen of the 189 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.
March–April, July and October–November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Ringed Dancer in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in September and December–February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Ringed Dancer 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 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Blue-Ringed Dancer sightings, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Big Bend National Park (United States, about 20%) and Death Valley National Park (United States, about 20%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-Ringed Dancer that you can see in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Rambur's Forktail (about 30%), Citrine Forktail (about 10%) and Fragile Forktail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-Ringed Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (41 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.
