Ischnura hastata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The citrine forktail (Ischnura hastata) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Philadelphia | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Citrine Forktail sighting in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 62nd 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Citrine Forktail in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in June and July, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Citrine Forktail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Citrine Forktail sightings, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 30%), Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (Guatemala, about 10%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same genus: Ischnura
The closest relatives of the Citrine Forktail that you can see in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (genus Ischnura, Forktails) are Rambur's Forktail (about 30%) 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 Citrine Forktail is recorded against all the insects logged in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (21 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.
