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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gold Beetle sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 71st 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.
January and March–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gold Beetle in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gold Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Gold Beetle sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Scarabaeidae
The closest relatives of the Gold Beetle that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (family Scarabaeidae, Scarabs) are Ancognatha vulgaris (about 10%), Coelosis biloba (about 10%) and Xyloryctes lobicollis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gold Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (9 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.
