Zammara smaragdina
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Emerald Cicada sighting in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 56th most-seen of the 80 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Emerald Cicada in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Emerald Cicada sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
8th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Emerald Cicada sightings, Tortuguero National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 30%), Chagres National Park (Panama, about 30%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same order: Hemiptera
The closest relatives of the Emerald Cicada that you can see in Tortuguero National Park (order Hemiptera, True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies) are Leptoscelis tricolor (about 20%), Leptoscelis quadrisignatus (about 10%) and Biolleyana costalis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Emerald Cicada is recorded against all the insects logged in Tortuguero National Park (7 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.
