Peridinetus cretaceus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Peridinetus cretaceus sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 302 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–August and December–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Peridinetus cretaceus in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peridinetus cretaceus sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Peridinetus cretaceus sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Curculionidae
The closest relatives of the Peridinetus cretaceus that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (family Curculionidae, True Weevils) are Exophthalmus jekelianus (about 10%), Exophthalmus nicaraguensis (about 10%) and Claeoteges virosa (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Peridinetus cretaceus is recorded against all the insects logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (12 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.
