Pseudagrion commoniae
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Pseudagrion commoniae, the black sprite, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black Sprite sighting in uMkhuze Game Reserve on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 59 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black Sprite in uMkhuze Game Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March, June and August–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Sprite sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only uMkhuze Game Reserve, in our data
uMkhuze Game Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black Sprite sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pseudagrion
The closest relatives of the Black Sprite that you can see in uMkhuze Game Reserve (genus Pseudagrion, Sprites) are Hamon's Sprite (about 20%) and Maasai Sprite (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Sprite is recorded against all the insects logged in uMkhuze Game Reserve (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.
