What are the chances of seeing a Gold-Spotted Aguna in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gold-Spotted Aguna sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 105th most-seen of the 431 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.
When is the best time to see a Gold-Spotted Aguna in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gold-Spotted Aguna in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–June and September, the lowest months. That is one of Cumbres de Monterrey National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 180 mm in September.
What time of day is best to see a Gold-Spotted Aguna?
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gold-Spotted Aguna sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Gold-Spotted Aguna?
Only Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, in our data
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gold-Spotted Aguna sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Gold-Spotted Aguna live in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Gold-Spotted Aguna that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Southern Sicklewing (about 20%), Chisos Banded-Skipper (about 10%) and Rainbow Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Gold-Spotted Aguna sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gold-Spotted Aguna is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (32 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.