Tramea darwini
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | 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 Palo Verde National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 24th most-seen of the 30 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.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Saddlebags in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April, July and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Palo Verde National Park's wettest months, with about 300 mm of rain against almost none in February.
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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Striped Saddlebags sightings, Palo Verde National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Galápagos Islands (Ecuador, about 20%) and Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 10%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Striped Saddlebags that you can see in Palo Verde National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Great Pondhawk (about 50%), Flame-Tailed Pondhawk (about 30%) and Pin-Tailed Pondhawk (about 20%), 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 Palo Verde National Park (6 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.
