Argia translata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The dusky dancer (Argia translata) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native to eastern and southern North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Dancer sighting in Saguaro National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 194th most-seen of the 354 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Dancer in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Dusky Dancer sightings, Saguaro National Park ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (Guatemala, about 30%), Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Parque Natural Metropolitano (Panama, about 10%).
Same genus: Argia
The closest relatives of the Dusky Dancer that you can see in Saguaro National Park (genus Argia, Dancers) are Blue-Ringed Dancer (about 10%), Kiowa Dancer (about 10%) and Amethyst Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Saguaro National Park (11 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.
