Polygonia progne
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Polygonia progne, the gray comma or grey comma, is a species of Polygonia that occurs in North America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elk Island National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Riding Mountain National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray Comma sighting in Edmonton on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 109th most-seen of the 390 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.
April–May and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray Comma in Edmonton on a given day, against under 5% in June and August–March, the lowest months. Those are among Edmonton's wettest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray Comma sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Gray Comma sightings, Edmonton has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Calgary (Canada, under 5%) and Montreal (Canada, under 5%).
Same genus: Polygonia
The closest relatives of the Gray Comma that you can see in Edmonton (genus Polygonia, Commas) are Satyr Comma (about 10%), Polygonia vaualbum (about 10%) and Green Comma (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray Comma is recorded against all the insects logged in Edmonton (26 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.
