Megaloprepus diaboli
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 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Megaloprepus diaboli sighting in Carara National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th 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.
August–September and December–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Megaloprepus diaboli in Carara National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Megaloprepus diaboli sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Megaloprepus diaboli sightings, Carara National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Megaloprepus diaboli that you can see in Carara National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Oculate Dancer (about 20%), Lemon-Tipped Helicopter (about 10%) and Swamp Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Megaloprepus diaboli is recorded against all the insects logged in Carara National Park (12 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.
