Hetaerina fuscoguttata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dot-Winged Rubyspot sighting in Carara National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 83 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, April and June–July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dot-Winged Rubyspot in Carara National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and August–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dot-Winged Rubyspot 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 Dot-Winged Rubyspot sightings, Carara National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Dot-Winged Rubyspot that you can see in Carara National Park (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Carmine Skimmer (about 20%), Oculate Dancer (about 20%) and Lemon-Tipped Helicopter (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dot-Winged Rubyspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Carara 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.
