Moncheca elegans
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Moncheca elegans sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 172nd most-seen of the 299 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Moncheca elegans in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, against under 5% in September–October and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Moncheca elegans sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Moncheca elegans sightings, La Amistad International Park (Panama) ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Moncheca elegans that you can see in La Amistad International Park (Panama) (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Ischnomela pulchripennis (about 10%), Haemodiasma tessellata (about 10%) and Stilpnochlora azteca (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Moncheca elegans is recorded against all the insects logged in La Amistad International Park (Panama) (10 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.
