Ictinogomphus rapax
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Ictinogomphus rapax, the common clubtail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found throughout the Indomalayan region. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 9 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail sighting in Wilpattu National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 12 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Common Clubtail in Wilpattu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August–October and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Wilpattu National Park's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Common Clubtail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Indian Common Clubtail sightings, Wilpattu National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Minneriya National Park (Sri Lanka, about 20%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Indian Common Clubtail that you can see in Wilpattu National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Pied Paddy Skimmer (about 30%) and Coromandel Marsh Dart (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Common Clubtail is recorded against all the insects logged in Wilpattu National Park (6 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.
