Perithemis intensa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The Mexican amberwing (Perithemis intensa) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Phoenix | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Las Vegas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Amberwing sighting in Saguaro National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 116th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Amberwing in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mexican Amberwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 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 Mexican Amberwing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Mexican Amberwing that you can see in Saguaro National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Flame Skimmer (about 20%), Variegated Meadowhawk (about 20%) and Filigree Skimmer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mexican Amberwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Saguaro National Park (24 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.
