Hetaerina capitalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze Rubyspot sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 256th most-seen of the 302 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April, June–July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze Rubyspot in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, August and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bronze Rubyspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Bronze Rubyspot sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same genus: Hetaerina
The closest relatives of the Bronze Rubyspot that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (genus Hetaerina, Rubyspots) are Racket-Tipped Rubyspot (about 10%) and Red-Striped Rubyspot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bronze Rubyspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (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.
