Pseudodirphia menander
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pseudodirphia menander sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 116th 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.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pseudodirphia menander in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 510 mm in October.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pseudodirphia menander sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Among the best
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Pseudodirphia menander sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%), Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Saturniidae
The closest relatives of the Pseudodirphia menander that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Saturniidae, Emperor and Giant Silk Moths) are Orizaba Silkmoth (about 20%), Automeris tridens (about 10%) and Eacles ormondei (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pseudodirphia menander is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (25 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.
