Libellula herculea
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Libellula herculea is a species of Libellula found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, and Venezuela Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hercules Skimmer sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th 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.
February to April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hercules Skimmer in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hercules Skimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Hercules Skimmer sightings, Braulio Carrillo National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%), Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Chagres National Park (Panama, about 20%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Hercules Skimmer that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Gray-Waisted Skimmer (about 20%), Carmine Skimmer (about 20%) and Red-Mantled Dragonlet (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hercules Skimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (24 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.
