Hetaerina occisa
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 112th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and July–January, the lowest months. That is one of Lago de Yojoa's wettest months, with about 300 mm of rain against 65 mm in April.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Racket-Tipped Rubyspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Racket-Tipped Rubyspot sightings, Lago de Yojoa ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 30%) and Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same order: Odonata
The closest relatives of the Racket-Tipped Rubyspot that you can see in Lago de Yojoa (order Odonata, Dragonflies and Damselflies) are Brown Setwing (about 20%), Red-Mantled Dragonlet (about 20%) and Pin-Tailed Pondhawk (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Racket-Tipped Rubyspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (9 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.
