Lerema accius
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.
The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas. The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum, Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congaree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clouded Skipper sighting in Dallas on a given day, based on 339 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 1412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Clouded Skipper in Dallas on a given day, against under 5% in May and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Clouded Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Clouded Skipper sightings, Dallas ranks 3rd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Austin (United States, about 10%) and San Antonio (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Clouded Skipper that you can see in Dallas (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Fiery Skipper (about 20%), Horace's Duskywing (about 10%) and Common Checkered-Skipper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Clouded Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Dallas (339 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.
