Lon melane
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Lon melane, also known as the umber skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in California (west of the Sierra Nevada divide), southern Arizona, Baja California, the highlands of Mexico and Central America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Umber Skipper sighting in Los Angeles on a given day, based on 1,527 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 20th most-seen of the 851 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.
March–April and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Umber Skipper in Los Angeles on a given day, against under 5% in December and January, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Umber Skipper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Umber Skipper sightings, Los Angeles ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in San Francisco (United States, about 20%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Umber Skipper that you can see in Los Angeles (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Fiery Skipper (about 20%), Mournful Duskywing (about 10%) and Funereal Duskywing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Umber Skipper is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Angeles (1,527 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.
