Ischnocodia annulus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Ischnocodia annulus, common name golden target beetle or ringed tortoise beetle, is a species of turtle beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 6 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ringed Tortoise Beetle sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 78th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Ringed Tortoise Beetle in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ringed Tortoise Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Ringed Tortoise Beetle sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Manu National Park (Peru, about 20%) and Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Chrysomelidae
The closest relatives of the Ringed Tortoise Beetle that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (family Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles) are Omophoita aequinoctialis (about 10%), Omaspides convexicollis (about 10%) and Stolas lebasii (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ringed Tortoise Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (16 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.
