Erythemis mithroides
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Erythemis mithroides, the claret pondhawk, is a neotropical dragonfly belonging to the suborder Anisoptera, family Libellulidae. Dragonflies play an important ecological role: they are efficient predators of a huge variety of insects, consumed in large quantities, both in the adult and larval stages; they are prey for larger animals, feeding birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and other arthropods; and are important bioindicators for assessing freshwater quality and monitoring the conservation of wetlands.
Male – yellow or brown lip with or without a dark longitudinal stripe in the middle region. Red front and apex. Thorax red or brown with red reflections, without light stripes on the dorsal region. Femur brown or with brown anterior region and black posterior region. Tibia brown, brown and black or completely black. Abdomen completely red. Red abdominal appendages. Wings with brown basal spot and inflamed or hyaline apices.Female – yellow lip with green reflections and a longitudinal black stripe in the central region. Front black, green or yellow, apex brown. Chest brown with green reflections. Completely black tibia and femur. Abdomen red with yellow or brown reflections... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Claret Pondhawk sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, July and December–February
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Claret Pondhawk in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August and October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Claret Pondhawk 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 Soberanía National Park, in our data
Soberanía National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Claret Pondhawk sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Erythemis
The closest relatives of the Claret Pondhawk that you can see in Soberanía National Park (genus Erythemis, Pondhawks) are Flame-Tailed Pondhawk (about 30%), Black Pondhawk (about 20%) and Pin-Tailed Pondhawk (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Claret Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (38 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.
