Hetaerina occisa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 180th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May, September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Racket-Tipped Rubyspot in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–August, October and December–January, the lowest months.
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.
6th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Racket-Tipped Rubyspot sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 30%), Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 10%).
Same genus: Hetaerina
The closest relatives of the Racket-Tipped Rubyspot that you can see in Soberanía National Park (genus Hetaerina, Rubyspots) are Red-Striped Rubyspot (about 10%), Dot-Winged Rubyspot (about 10%) and River Rubyspot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Racket-Tipped Rubyspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (7 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.
