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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 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 | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thorn-Tipped Dancer sighting in San Salvador on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 37th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Thorn-Tipped Dancer in San Salvador on a given day, against under 5% in February–May, July–September and December, the lowest months. Those are among San Salvador's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 280 mm in September.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thorn-Tipped Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Thorn-Tipped Dancer sightings, San Salvador ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in San José (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thorn-Tipped Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in San Salvador (7 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.
