Liturgusa maya
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Liturgusa maya is a species of praying mantis in the family Liturgusidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mayan Lichen Mantis sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 145th 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mayan Lichen Mantis in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, August–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mayan Lichen Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Mayan Lichen Mantis sightings, Braulio Carrillo National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 20%).
Same order: Mantodea
The closest relatives of the Mayan Lichen Mantis that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (order Mantodea, Mantises) are Peruvian Shield Mantis (about 20%), Thorny-Armed Mantis (about 20%) and Macromantis nicaraguae (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mayan Lichen Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (15 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.
