Argia extranea
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Argia extranea, the spine-tipped dancer, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in the Americas. The IUCN conservation status of Argia extranea is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. 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 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spine-Tipped Dancer 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 144th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spine-Tipped Dancer in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May–June and August–September, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spine-Tipped 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 Spine-Tipped Dancer sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Argia
The closest relatives of the Spine-Tipped 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 Spine-Tipped Dancer 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.
