Automeris tridens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Automeris tridens sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 214th most-seen of the 378 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Automeris tridens in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Automeris tridens sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Automeris tridens sightings, Braulio Carrillo National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same genus: Automeris
The closest relatives of the Automeris tridens that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (genus Automeris, Eyed Silkmoths) are Automeris postalbida (about 20%), Automeris belti (about 10%) and Automeris zugana (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Automeris tridens is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (11 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.
