Trapezites maheta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Trapezites maheta, the Maheta skipper or northern silver ochre, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in Queensland and northern New South Wales. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The larvae feed on Lomandra hystrix and Lomandra multiflora. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Silver Ochre sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 79 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 211th most-seen of the 1083 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.
February–March and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Silver Ochre in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in April–August and December–January, the lowest months.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Northern Silver Ochre sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Trapezites
The closest relatives of the Northern Silver Ochre that you can see in Brisbane (genus Trapezites, Ochres) are Splendid Ochre (about 20%) and Eliena Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Silver Ochre is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (79 verified sightings), 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.
