Photinus aurora
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Photinus aurora sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 359th most-seen of the 506 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March to May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Photinus aurora in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in June to February, the lowest months. Those are among Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve's driest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 510 mm in October.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Photinus aurora sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 Photinus aurora sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lampyridae
The closest relatives of the Photinus aurora that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Lampyridae, Fireflies) are Lucidota amabilis (about 10%) and Aspisoma quasidiaphanum (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Photinus aurora is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (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.
