Pterodictya reticularis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wax-Tailed Planthopper sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 208th most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, June–July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wax-Tailed Planthopper in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, August–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wax-Tailed Planthopper 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.
8th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Wax-Tailed Planthopper sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 30%), Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 20%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Wax-Tailed Planthopper that you can see in Soberanía National Park (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Leptoscelis tricolor (about 10%), Leptoscelis quadrisignatus (about 10%) and Zammara smaragdula (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wax-Tailed Planthopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (5 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.
