Montina scutellaris
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Montina scutellaris sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 98th most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Montina scutellaris in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Montina scutellaris sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Montina scutellaris sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Reduviidae
The closest relatives of the Montina scutellaris that you can see in Soberanía National Park (family Reduviidae, Assassin Bugs) are Zelus fasciatus (about 10%), Panstrongylus geniculatus (about 10%) and Rhodnius pallescens (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Montina scutellaris is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía 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.
