Metron chrysogastra
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Headed Metron sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th most-seen of the 152 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Headed Metron in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in March to December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Headed Metron sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lago de Yojoa, in our data
Lago de Yojoa is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orange-Headed Metron sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Orange-Headed Metron that you can see in Lago de Yojoa (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Pythonides jovianus (about 20%), Caribbean Ruby-Eye (about 10%) and Green Flasher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-Headed Metron is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (6 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.
