Pterodictya reticularis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wax-Tailed Planthopper sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 19 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
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wax-Tailed Planthopper 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 Wax-Tailed Planthopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
6th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Wax-Tailed Planthopper sightings, Braulio Carrillo National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 30%), Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 20%).
Same family: Fulgoridae
The closest relatives of the Wax-Tailed Planthopper that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (family Fulgoridae, Lanternflies) are Dragon-Headed Bug (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 Wax-Tailed Planthopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (19 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.
