Argia elongata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thorn-Tipped Dancer sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 6 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.
January, May, July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thorn-Tipped Dancer in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, June, August–October and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thorn-Tipped Dancer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Thorn-Tipped Dancer sightings, Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in La Tigra National Park (Honduras, about 30%), Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 20%).
Same genus: Argia
The closest relatives of the Thorn-Tipped Dancer that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (genus Argia, Dancers) are Terira Dancer (about 10%) and Sky-Blue Dancer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thorn-Tipped Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (6 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.
