Argia oculata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 11 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 16 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Oculate Dancer sighting in Carara National Park on a given day, based on 37 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and April
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Oculate Dancer in Carara National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and August–November, the lowest months. Those are among Carara National Park's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 730 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oculate Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Oculate Dancer sightings, Carara National Park ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%), Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 20%) and Chagres National Park (Panama, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oculate Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Carara National Park (37 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.
