Hetaerina miniata
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Hetaerina miniata, the red-striped rubyspot is a damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. The species was first described by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps in 1879. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Striped Rubyspot sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 62 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 26th most-seen of the 378 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November–December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Striped Rubyspot in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Striped Rubyspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Red-Striped Rubyspot sightings, Braulio Carrillo National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 10%) and Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same genus: Hetaerina
The closest relatives of the Red-Striped Rubyspot that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (genus Hetaerina, Rubyspots) are Smoky Rubyspot (about 10%) and Racket-Tipped Rubyspot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Striped Rubyspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (62 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.
