Mahanarva costaricensis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Froghopper sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 105th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Froghopper in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and December, the lowest months. That is one of Braulio Carrillo National Park's driest months, with about 170 mm of rain against 550 mm in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Froghopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Golden Froghopper sightings, Braulio Carrillo National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 40%), Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Froghopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (20 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.
