Phrictus quinquepartitus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Phrictus quinquepartitus, also known as the wart-headed bug and the dragon-headed bug, is an insect belonging to the family Fulgoridae. They were described by English entomologist William Lucas Distant in 1883. They are found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and parts of Brazil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dragon-Headed Bug sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 127th most-seen of the 378 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dragon-Headed Bug in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dragon-Headed Bug sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Braulio Carrillo National Park, in our data
Braulio Carrillo National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dragon-Headed Bug sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Fulgoridae
The closest relatives of the Dragon-Headed Bug that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (family Fulgoridae, Lanternflies) are Wax-Tailed Planthopper (about 10%), Copidocephala guttata (about 10%) and Diareusa imitatrix (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dragon-Headed Bug is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (18 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.
