What are the chances of seeing a Jimenezia elegans in Yasuní National Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jimenezia elegans sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 165th most-seen of the 203 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
When is the best time to see a Jimenezia elegans in Yasuní National Park?
April and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Jimenezia elegans in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August–September and December–February, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Jimenezia elegans?
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jimenezia elegans 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.
Where else can you see a Jimenezia elegans?
Only Yasuní National Park, in our data
Yasuní National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Jimenezia elegans sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Jimenezia elegans live in Yasuní National Park?
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Jimenezia elegans that you can see in Yasuní National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Panoploscelis specularis (about 20%), Spiny Devil Katydid (about 20%) and Typophyllum mortuifolium (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Jimenezia elegans sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jimenezia elegans is recorded against all the insects logged in Yasuní 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.