Micrathyria ocellata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Square-Spotted Dasher sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 222nd 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.
April–May, August and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Square-Spotted Dasher in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, June–July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Square-Spotted Dasher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Square-Spotted Dasher sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 10%).
Same genus: Micrathyria
The closest relatives of the Square-Spotted Dasher that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (genus Micrathyria, Speckled Dashers) are Forest Pond Dasher (about 10%), Black Dasher (about 10%) and Three-Striped Dasher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Square-Spotted Dasher is recorded against all the insects logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (6 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.
