Megaloprepus diaboli
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Megaloprepus diaboli sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 37th most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Megaloprepus diaboli in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Piedras Blancas National Park's driest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 650 mm in October.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Megaloprepus diaboli sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Megaloprepus diaboli sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Megaloprepus diaboli that you can see in Piedras Blancas National Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Purple Dancer (about 10%) and Oculate Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Megaloprepus diaboli is recorded against all the insects logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (13 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.
