Cymaenes tripunctus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Cymaenes tripunctus, known generally as the three-spotted skipper or dingy dotted skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, Florida, and South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Spotted Skipper sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 262 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.
August and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Three-Spotted Skipper in Big Cypress National Preserve on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Three-Spotted 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 3 parks where we can rate Three-Spotted Skipper sightings, Big Cypress National Preserve has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Everglades National Park (United States, about 10%) and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Three-Spotted 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 Dorantes Longtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Three-Spotted Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Cypress National Preserve (26 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.
