Hetaerina miniata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Hetaerina miniata, the red-striped rubyspot is a damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. The species was first described by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps in 1879. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Striped Rubyspot 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 69th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-Striped Rubyspot in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-Striped Rubyspot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Red-Striped Rubyspot sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same genus: Hetaerina
The closest relatives of the Red-Striped Rubyspot that you can see in Soberanía National Park (genus Hetaerina, Rubyspots) are Dot-Winged Rubyspot (about 10%), River Rubyspot (about 10%) and Racket-Tipped Rubyspot (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-Striped Rubyspot 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.
