Motasingha trimaculata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Hesperilla trimaculata, the three spot skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia. The wingspan is about 35 mm. The larvae feed on Lepidosperma angustatum, Lepidosperma carphoides, Lepidosperma concavum, Lepidosperma viscidum and Phlebocarya ciliata. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Three Spot Skipper sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 456th most-seen of the 789 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Three Spot Skipper in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to September, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Three Spot Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Blue Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Three Spot Skipper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Three Spot Skipper that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Yellow-Banded Dart (about 10%), Splendid Ochre (about 10%) and Eastern Iris-Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Three Spot Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (25 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.
