Racket-Tipped Rubyspot

Racket-Tipped Rubyspot

Hetaerina occisa

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Piedras Blancas National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

16 Verified sightings at Piedras Blancas National Park From 2019 to 2026
76 In all 7 parks
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~30%
2 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
3 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
4 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
5 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
6 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
7 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot in Piedras Blancas National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot in Piedras Blancas National Park?

March

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August–October and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Piedras Blancas National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 650 mm in October.

What time of day is best to see a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot?

Between 11 am and 2 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Racket-Tipped 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.

Is Piedras Blancas National Park the best place to see a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot?

2nd of 7

Of the 7 parks where we can rate Racket-Tipped Rubyspot sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 30%).

Where does the Racket-Tipped Rubyspot sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Racket-Tipped Rubyspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (16 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.

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