Raphismia bispina
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Raphismia bispina is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, known as the spiny-chested percher. It is found in Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia. It is the only Australian species of Raphismia,
where it is found in mangrove swamps on Cape York, Queensland. It is a small dragonfly with metallic-black colouring which gets a pruinescent powder-blue coating when mature. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mangrove Dwarf sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 46 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mangrove Dwarf in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–June, August, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mangrove Dwarf sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mangrove Dwarf sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Mangrove Dwarf that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Neurothemis decora (about 20%), Painted Grasshawk (about 20%) and Agrionoptera longitudinalis (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mangrove Dwarf is recorded against all the insects logged in Raja Ampat (8 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.
