Erythemis vesiculosa
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Erythemis vesiculosa, the great pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. It is distributed throughout the Americas as far north as the United States. Erythemis vesiculosa. Deprecated link archived 2013-07-22 at archive.today NatureServe. 2012. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Great Pondhawk sighting in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, based on 83 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 30 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Great Pondhawk in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, against about 30% in January, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Pondhawk sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Great Pondhawk sightings, Palo Verde National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Caroni Swamp (Trinidad and Tobago, about 30%) and Las Baulas Marine National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Erythemis
The closest relatives of the Great Pondhawk that you can see in Palo Verde National Park (genus Erythemis, Pondhawks) are Flame-Tailed Pondhawk (about 30%), Pin-Tailed Pondhawk (about 20%) and Black Pondhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Palo Verde National Park (83 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.
