Argia lugens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Argia lugens, the sooty dancer, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The IUCN conservation status of Argia lugens is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Dancer sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 137th most-seen of the 161 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.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Dancer in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. Those are among Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sooty Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Sooty Dancer sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Zion National Park (United States, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sooty Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (5 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.
