Argia elongata
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
| # | 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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Thorn-Tipped Dancer sighting in Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th 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 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Thorn-Tipped Dancer in Volcán Barú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July–August and October–January, the lowest months. Those are among Volcán Barú National Park's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain a month against 460 mm in October.
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.
4th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Thorn-Tipped Dancer sightings, Volcán Barú National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. 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%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thorn-Tipped Dancer is recorded against all the insects logged in Volcán Barú National Park (13 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.
