Blue-Spotted Hawker

Blue-Spotted Hawker

Aeshna brevistyla

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Royal National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

13 Verified sightings at Royal National Park From 2019 to 2026
152 In all 6 parks
January Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
2 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
3 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
4 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
5 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
6 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
2 Perth 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
3 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
4 Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
5 Auckland 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Blue-Spotted Hawker in Royal National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Spotted Hawker sighting in Royal National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 175 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Blue-Spotted Hawker in Royal National Park?

January and March

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-Spotted Hawker in Royal National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to August, the lowest months. Those are among Royal National Park's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in August.

What time of day is best to see a Blue-Spotted Hawker?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-Spotted Hawker sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Blue-Spotted Hawker live in Royal National Park?

Same family: Aeshnidae

The closest relatives of the Blue-Spotted Hawker that you can see in Royal National Park (family Aeshnidae, Darners) are Australian Emperor (about 10%) and Eastern Evening Darner (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Blue-Spotted Hawker sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Blue-Spotted Hawker is recorded against all the insects logged in Royal National Park (13 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.

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