Zammara smaragdula
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Zammara smaragdula sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 49th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Zammara smaragdula in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–June, August, October and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Piedras Blancas National Park's wettest months, with about 600 mm of rain against 55 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Zammara smaragdula sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Zammara smaragdula sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Marino Ballena National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Cicadidae
The closest relatives of the Zammara smaragdula that you can see in Piedras Blancas National Park (family Cicadidae, Typical Cicadas) are Dimorphic Lichen Cicada (about 10%) and Dorisiana cachla (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Zammara smaragdula is recorded against all the insects logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (9 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.
