Huaina inca
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Huaina inca sighting in San Salvador on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 58th most-seen of the 72 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Huaina inca in San Salvador on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. That is one of San Salvador's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain against almost none in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Huaina inca sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Huaina inca sightings, San Salvador ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Tegucigalpa (Honduras, about 20%) and Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Huaina inca that you can see in San Salvador (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Mexican Treehopper (about 10%), Giant Cicada (about 10%) and Pachylis nervosus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Huaina inca is recorded against all the insects logged in San Salvador (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.
