Omophoita aequinoctialis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Omophoita aequinoctialis sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 72 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.
April and December–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Omophoita aequinoctialis in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in March and May–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Omophoita aequinoctialis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Omophoita aequinoctialis sightings, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%), Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Omophoita aequinoctialis that you can see in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Taeniotes scalatus (about 20%), Exophthalmus jekelianus (about 10%) and Bearded Weevil (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Omophoita aequinoctialis is recorded against all the insects logged in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (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.
