Callipogon lemoinei
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Callipogon lemoinei is a species of relatively large longhorn beetle of the genus Callipogon, native to Central America and Colombia. The species was originally described by Louis Jérôme Reiche in 1840. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Callipogon lemoinei sighting in Corcovado National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 54th most-seen of the 116 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.
April and December–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Callipogon lemoinei in Corcovado National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–November, the lowest months. Those are among Corcovado National Park's driest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against 770 mm in October.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Callipogon lemoinei sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Callipogon lemoinei sightings, Corcovado National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Cerambycidae
The closest relatives of the Callipogon lemoinei that you can see in Corcovado National Park (family Cerambycidae, Longhorn Beetles) are Taeniotes scalatus (about 10%), Harlequin Beetle (about 10%) and Fig Tree Borer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Callipogon lemoinei is recorded against all the insects logged in Corcovado National Park (8 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
