Hetaerina majuscula
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purplish Rubyspot sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 188th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May, July–September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purplish Rubyspot in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, June and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purplish Rubyspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Purplish Rubyspot sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same genus: Hetaerina
The closest relatives of the Purplish Rubyspot that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (genus Hetaerina, Rubyspots) are Highland Rubyspot (about 10%) and Bronze Rubyspot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purplish Rubyspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (17 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.
