Erythemis collocata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Erythemis collocata, the western pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to western Canada, the western United States, and Mexico. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Pondhawk sighting in Redwood National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 101 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Western Pondhawk in Redwood National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and September–March, the lowest months. Those are among Redwood National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 360 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Pondhawk sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Western Pondhawk sightings, Redwood National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Death Valley National Park (United States, about 20%) and Yellowstone National Park (United States, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Western Pondhawk that you can see in Redwood National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Cardinal Meadowhawk (about 10%), Eight-Spotted Skimmer (about 10%) and Striped Meadowhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Redwood National Park (18 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.
