Macrodontia batesi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Macrodontia batesi is a species of long-horned beetle. This species is among the largest beetles, and specimens have been known to exceed 11 centimetres (4.3 in) in length. A fair bit of this length, however, is due to the enormous mandibles. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Macrodontia batesi sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 158th most-seen of the 187 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
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Macrodontia batesi in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to 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 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Macrodontia batesi sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park, in our data
Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Macrodontia batesi sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Macrodontia batesi that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Oxelytrum discicolle (about 10%), Central American Montane Tiger Beetle (about 10%) and Ancognatha vulgaris (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Macrodontia batesi is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte 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.
