Copaxa syntheratoides
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Copaxa syntheratoides sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 57th most-seen of the 187 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Copaxa syntheratoides in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, August–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Copaxa syntheratoides sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Copaxa syntheratoides sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Saturniidae
The closest relatives of the Copaxa syntheratoides that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Saturniidae, Emperor and Giant Silk Moths) are Eacles ormondei (about 10%), Rhescyntis hippodamia (about 10%) and Automeris zugana (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Copaxa syntheratoides is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (11 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.
