Occidryas chalcedona
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Checkerspot sighting in Los Angeles on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 294th most-seen of the 851 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Variable Checkerspot in Los Angeles on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of Los Angeles's driest months, with almost no rain against 75 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Variable Checkerspot sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Variable Checkerspot sightings, Los Angeles ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in San Francisco (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the Variable Checkerspot that you can see in Los Angeles (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Monarch (about 30%), Mourning Cloak (about 20%) and Gulf Fritillary (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Variable Checkerspot is recorded against all the insects logged in Los Angeles (40 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.
