Orchithemis pulcherrima
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Sentinel sighting in Tanjung Puting National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 7 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Sentinel in Tanjung Puting National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Variable Sentinel 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 Tanjung Puting National Park, in our data
Tanjung Puting National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Variable Sentinel sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Variable Sentinel that you can see in Tanjung Puting National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Black Jewel Flutterer (about 40%), Pixie (about 30%) and Common Parasol (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Variable Sentinel is recorded against all the insects logged in Tanjung Puting National Park (9 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.
