Desmia bajulalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Desmia bajulalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Central and South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desmia bajulalis sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 45th 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.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Desmia bajulalis in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–October and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park's driest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 570 mm in October.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desmia bajulalis sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
8th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Desmia bajulalis sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 20%), Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 10%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%).
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Desmia bajulalis that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Polygrammodes mimetica (about 10%), Orange-Spotted Flower Moth (about 10%) and Siga pyronia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desmia bajulalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (14 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.
