Catagramma pyracmon
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight sighting in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 195th most-seen of the 279 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
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight in Iguaçu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–June, August–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight sightings, Iguaçu National Park ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%), Manu National Park (Peru, about 10%) and Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 10%).
Same genus: Catagramma
The closest relatives of the Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight that you can see in Iguaçu National Park (genus Catagramma) are Hydaspes Eighty-Eight (about 50%), Godart's Numberwing (about 40%) and Eighty Butterfly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Google-Eyed Eighty-Eight is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguaçu 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.
