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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Delaware Skipper sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 137th most-seen of the 262 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.
April and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Delaware Skipper in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Delaware Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Delaware Skipper sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (United States, under 5%) and Acadia National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Delaware Skipper that you can see in Big Cypress National Preserve (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Twin-Spot Skipper (about 30%), Southern Broken-Dash (about 20%) and Three-Spotted Skipper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Delaware Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (15 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.
