Argia medullaris
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sky-Blue Dancer sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th 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.
September and November–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sky-Blue Dancer in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in August and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sky-Blue Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Sky-Blue Dancer sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same genus: Argia
The closest relatives of the Sky-Blue Dancer that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (genus Argia, Dancers) are Thorn-Tipped Dancer (about 10%), Big Blue Dancer (about 10%) and Cerulean Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sky-Blue Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (26 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.
