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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Broken-Dash sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 262 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Broken-Dash in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in January, May–June, September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Big Cypress National Preserve's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 260 mm in June.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Broken-Dash 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 3 parks where we can rate Southern Broken-Dash sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (United States, about 10%) and Everglades National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Broken-Dash that you can see in Big Cypress National Preserve (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Twin-Spot Skipper (about 30%), Three-Spotted Skipper (about 20%) and Dorantes Longtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Broken-Dash is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (36 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.
