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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Surprising-White sighting in Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 27 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Surprising-White in Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–October and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Volcán Barú National Park's wettest months, with about 390 mm of rain against 70 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Surprising-White sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Northern Surprising-White sightings, Volcán Barú National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Chirripó National Park (Costa Rica, about 10%) and Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica, about 10%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Northern Surprising-White that you can see in Volcán Barú National Park (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Pure-Banded Dartwhite (about 20%) and Great Southern White (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Surprising-White is recorded against all the insects logged in Volcán Barú 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.
