Parasa wellesca
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Parasa wellesca sighting in San José on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 210th most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Parasa wellesca in San José on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Parasa wellesca sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Parasa wellesca sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Limacodidae
The closest relatives of the Parasa wellesca that you can see in San José (family Limacodidae, Slug Caterpillar Moths) are Monkey Slug Moth (about 10%) and Sibine apicalis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Parasa wellesca is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (5 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.
