Cleistolophus similis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cleistolophus similis sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 123rd most-seen of the 506 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.
April–August and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cleistolophus similis in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cleistolophus similis sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, in our data
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cleistolophus similis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Curculionidae
The closest relatives of the Cleistolophus similis that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Curculionidae, True Weevils) are Exophthalmus jekelianus (about 20%), Lixus apterus (about 10%) and Peridinetus cretaceus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cleistolophus similis is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (26 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.
