Lixus apterus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lixus apterus sighting in Los Quetzales National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 56 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.
December to April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lixus apterus in Los Quetzales National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to November, the lowest months. Those are among Los Quetzales National Park's driest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 730 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lixus apterus 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 2 parks where we can rate Lixus apterus sightings, Los Quetzales National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Lixus apterus that you can see in Los Quetzales National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Gold Beetle (about 10%), Ancognatha vulgaris (about 10%) and Xyloryctes lobicollis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lixus apterus is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Quetzales National Park (7 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.
