Austroaeschna multipunctata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Austroaeschna multipunctata is a species of large dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, known as the multi-spotted darner. It inhabits small mountain streams in southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria, Australia. Austroaeschna multipunctata is a very dark dragonfly with pale markings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Multi-Spotted Darner sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 23rd most-seen of the 60 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 30% of wildlife watchers report a Multi-Spotted Darner in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Multi-Spotted Darner sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Multi-Spotted Darner sightings, Wilsons Promontory National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kosciuszko National Park (Australia, about 20%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Multi-Spotted Darner that you can see in Wilsons Promontory National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Common Flatwing (about 20%), Southern Tigertail (about 10%) and Tau Emerald (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Multi-Spotted Darner is recorded against all the insects logged in Wilsons Promontory National Park (10 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.
