Zammara smaragdula
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Zammara smaragdula sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 114 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Zammara smaragdula in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. Those are among Parque Natural Metropolitano's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Zammara smaragdula sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Zammara smaragdula sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 5th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%), Marino Ballena National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Zammara smaragdula that you can see in Parque Natural Metropolitano (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Leptoscelis tricolor (about 10%) and Rhiginia conspersa (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Zammara smaragdula is recorded against all the insects logged in Parque Natural Metropolitano (23 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.
