Ocybadistes walkeri
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Ocybadistes walkeri, the greenish grass-dart, green grass-dart, southern dart or yellow-banded dart, is a type of butterfly known as a skipper found in eastern and southern Australia, with one subspecies found in the Northern Territory.
The larvae feed on Dianella, Brachypodium distachyon, Cynodon dactylon, Erharta erecta, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum clandestinum and Thuarea involuta. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Banded Dart sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 158 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 97th most-seen of the 1083 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.
August to May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Banded Dart in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in June and July, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Banded Dart sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Yellow-Banded Dart sightings, Brisbane ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Melbourne (Australia, about 30%) and Sydney (Australia, about 20%).
Same genus: Ocybadistes
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Banded Dart that you can see in Brisbane (genus Ocybadistes) are Narrow-Brand Grass-Dart (about 10%) and Dark Orange Dart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Banded Dart is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (158 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.
