Argia pallens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The amethyst dancer (Argia pallens) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native from southwestern North America south to Guatemala. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Amethyst Dancer sighting in Saguaro National Park on a given day, based on 79 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 354 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
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Amethyst Dancer in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March and August, the lowest months. That is one of Saguaro National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 55 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Amethyst Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Saguaro National Park, in our data
Saguaro National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Amethyst Dancer sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Argia
The closest relatives of the Amethyst Dancer that you can see in Saguaro National Park (genus Argia, Dancers) are Blue-Ringed Dancer (about 10%), Kiowa Dancer (about 10%) and Lavender Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Amethyst Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Saguaro National Park (79 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.
