Exophthalmus scalptus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Exophthalmus scalptus sighting in San José on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 107th 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.
March–June, August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Exophthalmus scalptus in San José on a given day, against under 5% in July, September–October and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Exophthalmus scalptus sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Exophthalmus scalptus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Exophthalmus
The closest relatives of the Exophthalmus scalptus that you can see in San José (genus Exophthalmus) are Exophthalmus jekelianus (about 10%) and Exophthalmus carneipes (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Exophthalmus scalptus is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (14 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.
