Exophthalmus carneipes
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Exophthalmus carneipes sighting in San José on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 55th most-seen of the 239 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Exophthalmus carneipes in San José on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Exophthalmus carneipes sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Exophthalmus carneipes sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Exophthalmus
The closest relatives of the Exophthalmus carneipes that you can see in San José (genus Exophthalmus) are Exophthalmus jekelianus (about 10%) and Exophthalmus scalptus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Exophthalmus carneipes is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (26 verified sightings), 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.
