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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Surprising-White sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 23 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.
July and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Surprising-White in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March, May and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Surprising-White sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Northern Surprising-White sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 10%) and Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Northern Surprising-White that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are White Angled-Sulphur (about 10%), Painted White (about 10%) and Leptophobia caesia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Surprising-White is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (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.
