Achlyodes pallida
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Sicklewing sighting in San José on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 46th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale Sicklewing in San José on a given day, against under 5% in March and December, the lowest months. That is one of San José's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain against 20 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale Sicklewing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Pale Sicklewing sightings, San José ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Puebla (México, about 10%), Toluca (México, about 10%) and Mexico City (México, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Pale Sicklewing that you can see in San José (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Yellow-Tipped Flasher (about 10%), Pompeius Skipper (about 10%) and Long-Tailed Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale Sicklewing is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (30 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.
