Huaina inca
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Huaina inca sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 46 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.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Huaina inca in Cañón del Sumidero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to June, the lowest months. That is one of Cañón del Sumidero National Park's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain against 5 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Huaina inca sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Huaina inca sightings, Cañón del Sumidero National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Huaina inca that you can see in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Mexican Treehopper (about 10%), Thasus acutangulus (about 10%) and Acanthocephala alata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Huaina inca is recorded against all the insects logged in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (10 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.
