Rhodopygia hinei
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Rhodopygia hinei, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brilliant Redskimmer sighting in Carara National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 74th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brilliant Redskimmer in Carara National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–August, October and December–March, the lowest months. That is one of Carara National Park's wettest months, with about 590 mm of rain against 35 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brilliant Redskimmer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Brilliant Redskimmer sightings, Carara National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 10%).
Same family: Libellulidae
The closest relatives of the Brilliant Redskimmer that you can see in Carara National Park (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Carmine Skimmer (about 20%), Blue-Eyed Setwing (about 10%) and Black Pondhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brilliant Redskimmer is recorded against all the insects logged in Carara National Park (5 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.
