Exophthalmus jekelianus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Exophthalmus jekelianus sighting in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 52 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Exophthalmus jekelianus in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, May–July and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Bastimentos Island National Marine Park's driest months, with about 170 mm of rain against 540 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Exophthalmus jekelianus 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.
5th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Exophthalmus jekelianus sightings, Bastimentos Island National Marine Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 20%), Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Exophthalmus jekelianus that you can see in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Elephant Beetle (about 20%), Cyclocephala amazona (about 20%) and Taeniotes scalatus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Exophthalmus jekelianus is recorded against all the insects logged in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (7 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.
