Pseudodirphia menander
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pseudodirphia menander sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 302 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pseudodirphia menander in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pseudodirphia menander sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Among the best
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Pseudodirphia menander sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Saturniidae
The closest relatives of the Pseudodirphia menander that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (family Saturniidae, Emperor and Giant Silk Moths) are Orizaba Silkmoth (about 10%), Therinia transversaria (about 10%) and Automeris postalbida (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pseudodirphia menander is recorded against all the insects logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (24 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.
