Marpesia merops
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-Banded Daggerwing sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spot-Banded Daggerwing in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and May–October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spot-Banded Daggerwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Spot-Banded Daggerwing sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 20%) and Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%).
Same genus: Marpesia
The closest relatives of the Spot-Banded Daggerwing that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (genus Marpesia, Daggerwings) are Ruddy Daggerwing (about 10%) and Orange Daggerwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spot-Banded Daggerwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (8 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.
