Argia elongata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thorn-Tipped Dancer sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 100th most-seen of the 506 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Thorn-Tipped Dancer in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. That is one of Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve's wettest months, with about 320 mm of rain against 45 mm in March.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thorn-Tipped Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Thorn-Tipped Dancer sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in La Tigra National Park (Honduras, about 30%), Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 20%).
Same genus: Argia
The closest relatives of the Thorn-Tipped Dancer that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (genus Argia, Dancers) are Sky-Blue 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 Thorn-Tipped Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (31 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.
