Tramea darwini
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Saddlebags sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 114 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, May–July, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Saddlebags in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, August, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striped Saddlebags 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 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Striped Saddlebags sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Galápagos Islands (Ecuador, about 20%), Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 10%) and Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Striped Saddlebags that you can see in Parque Natural Metropolitano (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Tropical Woodskimmer (about 10%), Carmine Skimmer (about 10%) and Blue-Eyed Setwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Striped Saddlebags is recorded against all the insects logged in Parque Natural Metropolitano (10 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.
