Hetaerina cruentata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Hetaerina cruentata is a species of broad-winged damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. It is found in Central and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Hetaerina cruentata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was assessed in 2020. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Highland Rubyspot sighting in San José on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 85th 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.
July–October and December–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Highland Rubyspot in San José on a given day, against under 5% in June and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Highland Rubyspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Highland Rubyspot sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Highland Rubyspot that you can see in San José (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Cerulean Dancer (about 20%), Thorn-Tipped Dancer (about 10%) and Great Spreadwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Highland Rubyspot is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (17 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.
