Mecistogaster linearis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Mecistogaster linearis is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in South America. It is a predator of web-building spiders. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-Tailed Helicopter sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 49th most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, September and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Long-Tailed Helicopter in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–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 Long-Tailed Helicopter sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Soberanía National Park, in our data
Soberanía National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Long-Tailed Helicopter sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Long-Tailed Helicopter is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (22 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.
