Mahanarva costaricensis
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Froghopper sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 308 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 506 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Froghopper in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in January to March, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Froghopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Golden Froghopper sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Cercopidae
The closest relatives of the Golden Froghopper that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Cercopidae, Froghoppers) are Iphirhina quota (about 20%) and Tomaspis biolleyi (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Froghopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (308 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.
