Gynacantha membranalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dark-Saddled Darner sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 98th most-seen of the 253 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.
July and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dark-Saddled Darner in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to March, the lowest months. Those are among Soberanía National Park's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dark-Saddled Darner sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Dark-Saddled Darner sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Manu National Park (Peru, about 10%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Dark-Saddled Darner that you can see in Soberanía National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Flame-Tailed Pondhawk (about 30%), Blue-Winged Helicopter (about 30%) and Brown Setwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dark-Saddled Darner is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (13 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.
